He’s one of a dozen red-eared slider and yellow-bellied slider turtles looking for a home in the D.C. region. The Humane Rescue Alliance in the District said it has a higher number of turtles recently ...

Yellow-bellied sliders can be seen in ponds, swamps, and rivers across eastern North Carolina. However, they are sometimes ...

There’s never a dull moment at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation (ZWF) in Miami, as Jacob Feder’s YouTube channel frequently shows. In this video, a chimpanzee stumbles upon a tiny yellow-bellied ...

You just never know what will come crawling up in your yard these days. But I am glad I saw this little guy and had the wherewithal to snap a few photos before it left my yard. Which makes me wonder, ...

Like many septuagenarians, Nicki relishes a long winter’s nap. Nicki is a 70-year-old turtle, specifically a yellow-bellied slider, and when she moves indoors from her backyard pond and nestles under ...

IRELAND NEEDS to guard against an invasion of yellow-bellied sliders – no, not the evasive political species from Kildare Street, but the semi-aquatic turtle species from the US. It seems at least one ...

Turtles or terrapins? | The joy of picnic tables | Hair nests | Pink door problems | The Lord’s Prayer What Tim Scott saw in Battersea Park’s lake (Letters, 9 July) was probably not a pond turtle but ...

Exposure to coal combustion residues lead to higher levels of trace elements in yellow-bellied sliders, a freshwater turtle native to the Southeastern U.S., scientists have confirmed. Coal combustion ...

While most turtles are wild, many are adopted as pets each year. Keep in mind that turtles are sometimes considered exotic pets, so there may be local or state laws that restrict their adoption. There ...

The owner of a Fletcher pet store faces misdemeanor charges after N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission officers confiscated more than 300 turtles from the business. Wildlife officers seized 311 red-eared ...