Releasing pet turtles into the wild is harmful to both the turtles and native populations due to disease transmission and ecological disruptions. Although some regulations allow for pet turtle ...

California’s Western Pond Turtles are the only remaining freshwater turtles native to the state. But their populations face ...

Rhode Island Zoo Working with Trained Search Dog Named Newt to Help Track and Save Turtles A fox red Labrador retriever named Newt is using "his incredible snout to help check on some of our local ...

Your pet turtle's diet is omnivorous. Younger turtles − between 7 and 10 years old − should eat more meat, but as they get older, they will also consume vegetables and fruit, Fetch by WebMD ...

Of the 20 infected people who provided information to the C.D.C., 16 said they’d had contact with pet turtles; 12 of those said the pet turtles had shells less than four inches long.

Global warming is real. Ice is melting; sea level is rising. Here are a few personal experiences that prove my point. I have had a pet turtle for 12 years.

A pet Vietnamese pond turtle, or Mauremys annamensis, found on Hon Lao Island. Photo from Luan Thanh Nguyen via Nguyen, Tran, Phan, Ziegler, Le and McCormack (2025) ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Firefighters saved a family’s pet turtle after their home caught fire in southeast Vancouver on Saturday night. There were no reports of injuries, fire officials said ...