The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking pet owners to find “forever homes” for unwanted turtles and other pets. A forever home means an appropriate environment where the animal ...

Pet owners who have a red swamp crayfish ... of red swamp crayfish and red-eared sliders into the wild and the import of both species. Both popular pets are native to the United States and can ...

but what Henley didn't realise at the time is that the slider turtle in his image is not a native Meso-American slider, but a red-eared slider (native to the USA and northeastern Mexico). It is likely ...

The main study, Allender said, underscores the need to effectively manage the state’s population of invasive red-eared sliders, which easily spread disease and outcompete and displace native ...