Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

Minnesota’s turtles got new protections as of Monday, Jan. 1. In 2023, state lawmakers approved a law eliminating the commercial harvest of two species — western painted turtles and snapping turtles.

During summer in the Portage region, amphibians and reptiles are hard to miss. From choruses of toads and slithering garter snakes to painted turtles lined up on logs in the sunlight, the animals are ...