It was a good day for sunbathing so a painted turtle basked on rocks rising out of the lake. I was in Rice Twp. on the smaller of two Ice Lakes, so plush with lilies that the water looked like a lawn ...

JAMESPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - It's hibernation time for turtles on land and in waterways on Long Island. Wildlife experts, however, say many turtles are not making it safely to their winter resting ...

During the first warm and sunny spring day in March, a turtle peeps its head out to soak in the sunshine for the first time since December. A common question is: Was he in hibernation? According to ...

Fish and Game biologists are working this winter to identify areas where nesting habitat can be created to make it less likely that female turtles cross roads or enter residential developments to lay ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cold weather leads many animals to hibernate. The process happens in a number of species from mammals to amphibians. 2 On Your Side spoke with Penny Felski, manager of the Buffalo ...

Some of our region’s mammals and birds either hibernate or migrate to survive the cold winter season of limited food resources. Snug in dens, they snooze through the cold weeks and months or fly ...

Lane Oswalt wanted to play hockey on a frozen pond by his house. He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved to ...