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.

Scientists have decoded the genome of the western painted turtle, one of the most abundant turtles on Earth, finding clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during long winters ...

Western painted turtles at Ladd Marsh now have a better chance of surviving because they can safely sun worship. Boy Scout Nathan Olmsted has built 10 turtle basking platforms for the Ladd Marsh ...

Look beyond the western painted turtle’s colorful stripes and you’ll find an animal that seems to have nearly magical powers. A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing ...

Two guests made their way to Jefferson Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon —with a little help from Portland-based turtle biologist Sue Beilke. At the end of an hour-long presentation on wetland ...

The genome of the western painted turtle, one of the most widespread, abundant and well-studied turtles in the world, has been sequenced. The data show that, like turtles themselves, the rate of ...

Humans could learn a thing or two from turtles, and scientists who have just sequenced the first turtle genome uncovered clues about how people can benefit from the shelled creatures' remarkable ...

After humans throw a celebration for the newly protected 33-acre Grant Butte Wetlands on Sunday, Sept. 14, a rare population of western painted turtles and many other native species will party on. The ...

Pasqueflowers, spring beauties, chiming bells, mustards, milkvetches and wild plums bloom in the foothills, and wild asparagus sprouts along irrigation ditches and fence lines. Plains cottonwoods ...

Scientists have decoded the genome of the western painted turtle, one of the most abundant turtles on Earth, finding clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during long winters ...