California’s native Western Pond Turtle tends to lie low during the winter. But in the warmer months, it’s at its most active. You might occasionally spot the turtle basking on a sunlit log around ...

“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...

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 ...

What looks and feels like a river rock, has four webbed feet, a pointy snout with beady eyes, buries itself during winter, and dines on small frogs, fish, aquatic insects and plants? These are ...

It’s February in the Columbia River Gorge. Cold and windy, with a hint of snow in the air. About 50 miles east of Portland, on the Washington side of the river, the chill has brought a sense of winter ...