While walking along Sonoma Creek in Maxwell Farms Regional Park recently, Anna and Will Pier looked down and spotted two ...

Join us on this heartwarming adventure as we rescue a rabbit and a turtle and create a Hobbit-style house and a beautiful turtle pond for their new home. Using natural materials and creative ...

A University of California, Davis, study finds that eradicating invasive bullfrogs at Yosemite National Park has restored habitats for pond turtles.

Seventeen endangered northwestern pond turtle babies are settling into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab this summer, where they’ll grow until they’re strong enough to survive in the wild.

Northwestern pond turtle hatchlings and youth are swimming about, the native California red-legged frog has reappeared and several other native species are back − ones that would have previously ...

In other words, adult turtles that can’t fit in the frog’s mouth. An American bullfrog tadpole (left) is bigger than the young native northwestern pond turtle on the right of this photo.

The researchers’ study, published in the May issue of the journal Biological Conservation, found that as the park was depopulated of bullfrogs, northwestern pond turtles began to return. The study ...

The northwestern pond turtle is one of two species of western pond turtle, the other being the southwestern pond turtle. Together, they are the only native freshwater turtles in California.

May 23 is World Turtle Day, a day created by American Tortoise Rescue to help people celebrate and protect turtles, tortoises and their natural habitats.

The smaller turtle weighed about 11 ounces and was “picked up in a small stream” in 2022, researchers said. One of the Vietnamese pond turtles, or Mauremys annamensis, found on Hon Lao Island.

During Tuesday's practice rounds for the 2025 Masters Tournament, golfer Rory McIlroy tried a nifty move on No. 16 that nearly bonked a spectating turtle.