The zoo in Langley, B.C., is halfway through the project to collect western painted turtle eggs in the wild and hatch them, to increase their chances of survival when they are released.

Western Painted Turtle nesting sites are a focus for Turtle Conservation Revelstoke. Photo by Sarah Boyle A new organization in Revelstoke is working to raise awareness about the Western Painted ...

The 10-year project began in 2019, although the zoo was releasing turtles before that and has freed around 3,000 of them over ...

VANCOUVER – It’s been a bumper year for the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s project to help save the endangered western painted turtle, which is the only native freshwater turtle in British ...

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't get the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal."The director of animal care at the Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why ...

VANCOUVER – It’s been a bumper year for the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s project to help save the endangered western painted turtle, which is the only native freshwater turtle in British ...

“How can you not love a turtle?” said Prasad, describing the western painted turtle’s “beautiful, bright-red plastron,” the underside of its shell.