Christmas has reached the nation’s capital with trees representing every state lighting up Washington, D.C., as part of an annual tradition called “America Celebrates.” ...

Vermont's native spiny softshell turtle population is bouncing back with new records set in 2025 thanks to conservation ...

Through a series of workshops and walks, the project invites people of all ages to use DIY microscopes and the iNaturalist app to observe and document the river's biodiversity. (The Iris Project) A ...

The Artworks gift shop is called The Painted Turtle. I have heard various stories about how that name came to be, but the fact that we have numerous types of turtles here in Michigan, ten according to ...

Volunteers will pull up vegetation on nesting beaches to prepare turtle nesting sites for next year. In addition to threatened spiny softshell turtles, these nest sites are also used by map turtles, ...

NORTH HERO — Vermont Fish & Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help at its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day, Saturday, Oct. 18, at North Hero State Park. Pre-registration is not ...

If Andrew Oestringer had brought his bass to a certified scale before filleting the fish, he would probably hold a new state record. Vermont Fish & Wildlife can’t accept the weight from a ...

NORTH HERO — Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day is Saturday, Oct. 18, and the department is looking for volunteers to help. Participants are asked to arrive at ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER – Under Vermont’s newly-passed Act 47 of 2025 the sale of pond slider turtles, which includes the popular red-eared slider, is subject to ...

Several new laws took effect in Vermont on Tuesday, and among them is a new law that bans the importation and sale of a certain species of invasive turtle.Top video: Vermont Fish and Wildlife says to ...

In early May, a little-known nonprofit offered a reward unprecedented in China’s conservation circles: 100,000 yuan ($14,000) for a single photo or video of the Yangtze giant softshell, a species so ...