Mehrdad (He/Him) is a Senior Staff Writer from Iran. He started writing about video games when he was a high-school student. He loves playing competitive FPS games such as Rainbow Six Siege and ...

If you were a kid in the 1960s or early 1970s, you probably had a red-eared slider as a pet — or at least one of your friends did. The baby turtles with dark-green shells, striped legs and faces ...

Turtles are one of the oldest kinds of reptiles on the planet. Their hard shell and slow-moving mannerisms make them unique pets. They’re hardy creatures and can be fun to care for. They may seem like ...

SOUTHWICK – Just as Conservation Commission Coordinator Sabrina Pooler bent over to pick up a dead box turtle she found while searching for vernal pools with U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Nathan ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo has collected 20 baby western pond turtles from sites in the Columbia Gorge and brought them to the zoo's conservation lab. Hatchling turtles are vulnerable to ...

On a sunny afternoon in northwest DuPage County, a small turtle with a smile plastered on its face slid off a log into a marsh and began its first day of life in the wild. The yearling was among a ...