An Ohio animal conservation center is warning about the dangers of painting turtles’ shells after one died in its care. Stark Parks in Canton, Ohio, says a dehydrated turtle found wandering around a ...

A not-for-profit group is seeking information on culprits who removed a turtle from Cypress Wetlands and Rookery in Port Royal and painted its shell before returning it to its natural habitat. The ...

The golden rule when it comes to sea turtles is simple: look, but don’t touch. But in Edisto, there’s a new kind of turtle drawing attention — and this time, interaction is encouraged. In fact, the ...

Two turtles with what appear to be swastikas painted on their shells were seen in a park in Washington state. Police in Renton learned that the turtles “had some markings painted on their shells,” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RENTON, Wash. (KCPQ) – Two turtles with ...

An environmental scientist at Harrisburg University recently found the shell of an extinct, previously unknown turtle species at a fossil site in Tennessee. The discovery of the painted turtle – which ...

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GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Ongoing research at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Gray Fossil Site unearthed a species of horned painted turtles completely new to science, school officials say.