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A turtle crossing in a Connecticut dry cleaner helps painted turtle moms lay eggs and hatchlings to reach a pond

A dry cleaning store in Connecticut has become a passageway for local turtles. Female turtles cross from a local pond through the store to a marsh to lay their eggs. Months later, baby hatchlings take ...
KING5

Dozens of western pond turtles released in Tacoma as part of conservation project

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Friday was a good day to come out of your shell, especially if you're a western pond turtle in Washington state. Unfortunately, the western pond turtle is on the endangered ...
Palo Alto Weekly

They may be slow, but they’re not easy to find: Keeping up with the elusive Western pond turtle

They’re famously slow. They’re also omnivorous, eating everything from insects and aquatic plants to carrion. And they are willing to stick their necks out each and every day, despite a host of ...
KTVZ

Oregon Zoo, partners release endangered pond turtles to the wild in the Columbia River Gorge

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer came early last week for 11 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo. With the help of volunteers and wildlife officials, care staff returned the endangered ...
JD Supra

Service Proposes Listing Two Pond Turtle Species and Short-tailed Snake as Threatened with 4(d) Rules

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), the southwestern pond turtle ...