PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer came early last week for 11 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo. With the help of volunteers and wildlife officials, care staff returned the endangered ...

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, Ore. (KPTV) - Nineteen northwestern pond turtles that were cared for at the Oregon Zoo were released into the wild last week. The turtles were gathered from wild sites and have ...

Two people have been arrested in connection with a November 2025 homicide, KATU has learned despite no official announcement from police about the arrests.Jakar Lightning-linked fire calls and power ...

The Oregon Zoo released 22 northwestern pond turtles along the Columbia River Gorge this week. The zoo has been working with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and other partners to catch, ...

Federal officials are warning rafters to watch out for and report invasive snapping turtles that have been multiplying in Oregon’s Rogue River.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Seventeen endangered northwestern pond turtle babies are settling into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab this summer, where they’ll grow until they’re strong enough to survive ...

An acclaimed Portland bakery has found a new home — but customers of the original location won’t have to travel too far. Nearly two weeks after the Nippon paper mill disaster claimed 11 lives in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — From basking under warming lights to the wild of the Columbia River Gorge, nine northwestern pond turtles were released by the Oregon Zoo this week. Working with local wildlife ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect northwestern and southwestern pond ...

YAMHILL COUNTY, Oregon — Conservationists in Oregon are racing to protect one of the state’s only native freshwater turtle species from becoming endangered. The Northwestern Pond Turtle, a semiaquatic ...