Yosemite’s ponds used to echo with the booming calls of invasive bullfrogs, which devoured young turtles, newts, birds, and more. Now, with bullfrogs nearly gone, native sounds are returning—and so ...

A move by the federal government to protect an inland turtle that lives in freshwater and wetlands mainly west of the Cascades is drawing support from thousands of environmentalists but opposition ...

A bill signed by Gov. Henry McMaster will ban the commercial trade of native turtles in the state. Wildlife advocates say that before the legislation was signed last month, South Carolina law ...

Native wildlife species at certain places face population decline, often when there is a disturbance in their natural balance. Factors like loss of their natural habitat, rapid climate change, rising ...

Sidney Woodruff has spent multiple summers hiking six or seven miles to a remote corner of Yosemite National Park where she has camped out next to ponds and lakes. "At night," Woodruff says, "you look ...

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection reports that turtles are in trouble. Because of the issues surrounding turtles and the need to raise awareness, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile ...

Viviana Ricardez can’t remember a time where she didn’t love all animals. But she can pinpoint the moment where her affinity toward turtles began. When she was about 7 years old, she and her father ...

The turtles we keep as pets don’t belong in the wild Being a turtle these days is tough. With the constant threat of habitat loss, impacts from human development, and predators … It’s a daily fight ...

Sidney Woodruff of UC Davis holds a northwestern pond turtle at a field site in Yosemite. (Courtesy Sidney Woodruff) The call of American bullfrogs was deafening when scientists from the University of ...

The call of American bullfrogs was deafening when scientists from the University of California, Davis, first began researching the impact of invasive bullfrogs on native northwestern pond turtles at ...