Painted turtles are the most common aquatic turtle in all of North America, and they live throughout large portions of the United States and Canada. Their name is derived from their colorful bodies ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — On the heels of National Turtle Day, it's time to shell-abrate the creatures that move slowly on land, but quickly into our hearts. Michigan is home to nine different types of ...

China's appetite for turtles is voracious. The nation of 1.2 billion people has nearly decimated its turtle population by eating them and grinding them up for folk medicines. That's one reason about ...

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why ...