Housing Painted Turtles. Since painted turtles are aquatic turtles, they will spend the majority of their time swimming and ...

The tour includes the “Maybe it’s a lizard/Maybe it’s a turtle” painted rock in Marlborough and “Eagle Rock” and “Prophet’s Rock” in Hebron. The first two you drive past along ...

The bottom of a painted turtle’s shell is a colorful work of ... A bale of turtles catches some rays after hauling out on a rock in the pond at Mirabeau Point Park last summer.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Clove Lakes Park is home to at least three species of turtles. The eastern painted turtle and red-eared slider are often seen on rocks and logs, basking in the sun.

In autumn, the turtles retreat beneath the mud at the bottom of the pond to hibernate for the winter. On Nov. 21, I was surprised to see a turtle basking in the sun on the rock as I drove along ...