A turtle outside of Best Cleaners.Courtesy of Jennifer Malon and Best Cleaners. A dry cleaning store in Connecticut has become a passageway for local turtles. Female turtles cross from a local pond ...

The Pacific Northwest has two native freshwater turtles, the Western painted turtle and the Western pond turtle. The pond turtle, found on the West Side, is state-listed as endangered in Washington.

Each year, when spring gives way to summer, female turtles leave the river to lay their eggs. It’s such a predictable event that La Crosse County is known as a hot spot for turtle crossings, turtle ...

A dry cleaning store in Connecticut has become a passageway for local turtles. Female turtles cross from a local pond through the store to a marsh to lay their eggs. Months later, baby hatchlings take ...