Federal officials say pond turtles are nearing extinction from Washington state to Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting the turtles as a threatened species on Friday. Fewer ...

What looks and feels like a river rock, has four webbed feet, a pointy snout with beady eyes, buries itself during winter, and dines on small frogs, fish, aquatic insects and plants? These are ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect northwestern and southwestern pond ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under the ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has already received a lot of input on its proposal to list two species of turtles as threatened. Fish and Wildlife Service proposals to protect two species of western ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to protect northwestern and southwestern pond turtles in California, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species ...

“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...

A team of biologists — including members from the U.S. Geological Survey, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, University of California, Los Angeles, Endemic Environmental ...

These little turtles are back where they belong thanks to conservation efforts by a number of state and regional agencies. Today, dozens of Western pond turtles were released at a refuge site in ...