Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

Researchers at Cornell College are turning to an unlikely source to better understand the health of Iowa’s waterways: turtles.

Robin Fortney of Des Moines used to see painted turtles lined up on logs as she paddled down Iowa rivers. "But in recent years I don't see them. In fact, I can't tell you when I've seen them at all ...

In several states around the US, a small turtle whose population decreases annually has been placed on the endangered species list. Now, as the fate of Iowa's Blanding's turtle is being decided, with ...

Enjoying turtle meat is becoming more popular in foreign countries and that’s eating into Iowa's turtle population. A bill limiting when Iowans can hunt and harvest turtles passed in the Iowa House.

The baby Blanding's turtles returned to the wetlands with tiny transmitters Dozens of Blanding's turtles were released back into their natural wetland habitat on June 4 Iowa Department of Natural ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa wildlife officials are proposing limits on when wild turtles can be captured throughout the year, after seeing a rise in their harvest due to an increased demand for turtle ...

Instead of the tennis ball, imagine this Boykin spaniel holding an ornate box turtle in its mouth, ready to deliver it to conservation researchers. Hollie Latham / PhotoPlus Magazine via Getty Images ...

TABOR, Ia. — Amber Sharp insists that trapping turtles isn’t so much an art form as it is an exercise in common sense. You need to keep an air pocket in the top of the trap so the turtles can come up ...

DES MOINES — Robin Fortney of Des Moines used to see painted turtles lined up on logs as she paddled down Iowa rivers. "But in recent years I don't see them. In fact, I can't tell you when I've seen ...