Sidney Woodruff of UC Davis holds a northwestern pond turtle at a field site in Yosemite. (Courtesy Sidney Woodruff) The call of American bullfrogs was deafening when scientists from the University of ...

Native wildlife species at certain places face population decline, often when there is a disturbance in their natural balance. Factors like loss of their natural habitat, rapid climate change, rising ...

A multiagency effort to reestablish California’s only native freshwater turtle species in southern Marin County after its disappearance nearly three decades ago has shown success, researchers say. For ...

California’s native Western Pond Turtle tends to lie low during the winter. But in the warmer months, it’s at its most active. You might occasionally spot the turtle basking on a sunlit log around ...

Turtles may not be the cuddliest of creatures, but they’re a vital part of healthy ecosystems. And you can be part of conservation efforts and spread the good word of all they do for us as part of ...

The call of American bullfrogs was deafening when scientists from the University of California, Davis, first began researching the impact of invasive bullfrogs on native northwestern pond turtles at ...