In the world of nature, June is a busy month filled with birth and egg-laying. We usually think of eggs as coming from birds. And rightly so, during this warm wet month. The migrants that stay with us ...

A turtle outside of Best Cleaners.Courtesy of Jennifer Malon and Best Cleaners. A dry cleaning store in Connecticut has become a passageway for local turtles. Female turtles cross from a local pond ...

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

The painted turtle is one of the most common species in New York. The bog turtle is New York’s smallest turtle, reaching a maximum length of 4 1/2 inches. It is endangered in New York. The wood turtle ...

I saw my first nesting turtle of the year while driving through Goose Island the day after Memorial Day. The female painted turtle was the only one I saw that day and she surprised me by beginning to ...

As we humans warm ourselves with space heaters, coats and gloves, western painted turtles are at the bottom of our region’s ...