As we humans warm ourselves with space heaters, coats and gloves, western painted turtles are at the bottom of our region’s ...

A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers. On a rainy day last week, the green sea turtle ...

For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s native spiny softshell turtle population is bouncing back with new records set in 2025 thanks to conservation efforts. “This year we set a lot of records,” said Toni ...

A firefighter is in the hospital after a house fire on Sampsonville Road in Enosburg. Just before 10:30 on Monday morning, New York State Police were called to Dormitory Drive in Plattsburgh town for ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers for its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day Oct. 18. Participants are asked to arrive at North Hero State Park at 10 a.m., ...

In a central valley in India, a very rare turtle was photographed and misidentified for nearly a decade. Getty Images/iStock Photo Nearly a decade ago, researchers in the central valley of Manipur, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s peak sea turtle nesting season! From August through November, adult female sea turtles will be seeking sanctuary in Hawaii’s sandy beaches to lay their eggs. Endangered sea ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own business the whole time. Tough on the outside, chill on the inside, they seem ...