Q: I see turtles all the time in the creeks that run through my neighborhood and the small lake at the local park. How can I tell which turtles are invasive? Should I remove the invasives from the ...

Red-eared sliders are known by the yellow striping on their neck and feet, as well as the telltale reddish patch behind their eyes. With patches of red behind its eyes, the red-eared slider can make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock When exotic pets are released into the wild by owners who no longer want them, the consequences can be dire.

Some success is being seen in the second month of what could be a years-long effort to eradicate invasive red-eared slider turtles and bullfrogs from the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. The effort began ...

There will be a lot less croaking at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve after the first of what could be a years-long effort to remove invasive species. An eradication effort for bullfrogs and red-eared ...

Inga Cotton has learned to love the Zen of the red-eared slider turtle. Usually that means following the turtle’s slow-but-steady lead at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, where for about a decade ...

DOC and the Northland Regional Council (NRC) have partnered to tackle the spread of invasive red-eared sliders with a new ...

In the summer of 2011, visitors to the University of California, Davis, Arboretum may have witnessed an unusual site: small teams of students wielding large nets, leaping into the arboretum's waterway ...

Washington Post A government ordinance targeting two invasive species came into force Thursday, banning the trade of red swamp crayfish and red-eared slider turtles and their release into the wild.

The CDC and officials from several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to small turtles. As of Feb. 20, a total of 22 people infected with the outbreak ...

Inga Cotton has learned to love the Zen of the red-eared slider turtle. Usually that means following the turtle’s slow-but-steady lead at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, where for about a decade ...