When many families start to think about a good starter pet, a turtle often comes to mind. At first glance, owning one seems ...

More used to living in their native home in Florida where winter temperatures rarely fall much below 15 degrees Celsius. the ...

What Enclosure is Best For a Baby Red-Eared Slider? For baby red-eared sliders, a 30 to 50-gallon tank is sufficient while the turtle is less than six inches long.

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 ...

Under Vermont’s newly passed Act 47 of 2025, the sale of pond slider turtles, which includes the popular red-eared slider, is ...

No more red-eared sliders. Newly passed legislation in Vermont bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles into the state, which includes the popular red-eared slider.

John K. Tucker, Clutch Frequency in the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Dec., 2001), pp. 664-668 ...

In a candid interview, Dr. Dhriti Banerjee, the first woman director of the 110-year-old Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), ...

In a recent change by Concacaf, players from the three 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosts — Canada, Mexico, and the United States — can serve that suspension in the team's next international ...

In addition to predators, both human and natural, the turtles face competition from invasive red-eared sliders, a turtle species that is larger, breeds more prolifically, and is popular in the pet ...