“All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, so it’s an umbrella term used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

The turtle was added to the IUCN’s Red List in 2018, and conservation efforts are difficult. This post was updated on May 20, 2025 to include information on Wisconsin’s turtle-sniffing Lab, Tilia. The ...

Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a loss of habitat and road-related mortalities.

Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a loss of habitat and road-related mortalities, according to the Iowa ...

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the perfect follow-up to 2023's TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, and while they both share a similar cast, the spinoff show welcomes some new additions.Despite the ...

Some turtles take over a decade before they can reproduce, so the death of a single turtle can have a big impact. The DNR recommends slowing down near waterways to watch out for our slow friends.

Known as the Realty Building, this building at 300 N. Main St. was housed by the Baron Brothers Dry Goods Store and Peterson’s Hardware Store. Woolworth’s opened at this location on Nov. 25, 1916.

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls toward the Atlantic Ocean after being ...