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 ...

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 ...

Youngsters of a certain age might remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle craze of the 1980s and 90s; the masked cartoon creatures seemed to be everywhere. These days, biologists worried about native ...

Maybe you’re searching for a family pet that doesn’t come with a side of allergies (like a cat or dog), or maybe you like watching pet turtles move about their habitat. The lifespan of a red-eared ...

It’s not just bullfrogs that threaten other species in Cache Creek, it’s also the common red-eared “slider” turtle. Both the bullfrog and red-eared turtle are considered invasive species and are ...

That cute pet turtle in the home or pet-store terrarium — the one with the distinctive red stripe darting back behind its eyes — has crawled into the ranks of creatures that aren't welcome in state ...