The 10-year project began in 2019, although the zoo was releasing turtles before that and has freed around 3,000 of them over the past decade.

A painted turtle female reaches sexual maturity in six to seven years and can live to age 20 or more if all goes well. Not bad for a wild creature.

A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing cracks it in half or tampers with it too much, the turtle will be just fine when the temperature warms up and its body thaws out.

It's been a bumper year for the Greater Vancouver Zoo's project to help save the endangered western painted turtle, which is the only native freshwater turtle in British Columbia.

In this Moment in the Wild, Purdue wildlife technician Zach Truelock introduces the painted turtle, how to identify the species, its mating rituals and what is its preferred habitat. Learn more inside ...

As opposed to snapping turtles, painted turtles hardly ever bite. You can hardly incite them to do so. The first turtle I encountered stood in the road's exact middle, ensnared by reptilian angst.

Painted turtles spend most of their time in ponds and slow-moving fresh water, and, as Waterman witnessed, a sheet of ice doesn’t stop them. Here in New England, and the northern parts of the painted ...

Painted turtles cover a vast geographical range, from New Mexico to Canada. That means populations experience wide variation in temperatures and environmental conditions. For years, scientists ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It’s turtle time, and sure enough, we spotted one scampering toward ...

The painted turtle is Michigan’s state reptile and the most widespread native American turtle. (Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) by: Matt Jaworowski. Posted: Jun 21, 2023 / 03:11 PM EDT.