As we humans warm ourselves with space heaters, coats and gloves, western painted turtles are at the bottom of our region’s ice-covered ponds, streams and creeks. Sometimes they can be seen through ...

The red-eared slider and the painted turtle are both fascinating turtles that are popular pets around the world, with the painted turtle being second in popularity only to the red-eared slider. If you ...

A population of rare Western painted turtles appears to be thriving near Portland. While surveying an urban wetland in 2007, Gresham urban ecologist Laura Guderyahn stumbled across the only known ...