In addition, this beautiful turtle — with its spiked shell and intricate pattern of yellow markings — is prized for the pet trade and suffers from overcollection. The Center is working to end ...

Map turtles are notoriously good at camouflaging ... the pond slider is another popular contender on the pet turtle list. This, unfortunately, is ill-advised. Pond sliders do not make for good ...

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that ... as well as the pet ...