The attention brought both learning opportunities and unexpected online drama Fiona had cared for her turtle, Izzie, for decades, but nothing quite prepared her for the day the nearly 40-year-old ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rain is just another form of wet for red-eared slider turtles, who spend their time in and out of water in ponds, sloughs, and rivers. One advantage though is that rain softens the ...
Each year during the spring and early summer, small turtles nestled below the ripples of Audubon Park Lagoon begin courting, mating and, eventually, nesting. Once their courtship is over, female ...
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 ...
Fiona had cared for her turtle, Izzie, for decades, but nothing quite prepared her for the day the nearly 40-year-old red-eared slider laid a single egg. When she shared the moment on TikTok, what ...