SCOTTS VALLEY — Tucked into a small oasis embedded in suburbia, a population of turtles is quietly fighting for its lives, backed by its own squad of researchers. The East Glenwood Preserve’s Santos ...

The Pacific Northwest has two native freshwater turtles, the Western painted turtle and the Western pond turtle. The pond turtle, found on the West Side, is state-listed as endangered in Washington.

A rare pond turtle living in far western Nevada is now being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list both ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nearly two dozen northwestern pond turtles can “just keep swimming” in the wild after the Oregon Zoo, wildlife officials and volunteers released them from captivity and into ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its ...