Where Do Red-Eared Slider Turtles Live? If you plan to keep a red-eared slider as a pet, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the differences between its natural habitat and the one you ...

Red-eared slider turtles are active pets that enjoy swimming and diving. Captive-born red-eared sliders tend to be friendlier and more outgoing than those born in the wild.

Red-eared sliders are highly social, and groups will often gather on logs or rocks to sunbathe as a way of regulating their body temperature, especially since they spend a lot of time in the water.

Nicknames: Red-eared terrapin, elegant terrapin Claim to fame: Of the 21 species and sub-species of turtles native to Missouri, the red-eared slider is one that's well-known around the world and ...

The Science of It: Red-Eared SlidersLearn all about Red-Eared Sliders in this week's The Science of It Updated: 11:19 AM EDT Jun 30, 2022 Alex Alecci Meteorologist The Science of It: Red-Eared Sliders ...

The crates were marked "Fresh Litchi" (i.e., lychee), but a faint rustling sound came from within. They were teeming with baby red-eared sliders—652 of them.

Baby red-eared sliders hatched in a Lakeview Park yard recently. “So, we ended up putting them in a bucket and then setting up her baby pool for a day,” Mickiewicz said.

In these habitats, male red-eared sliders will engage in courtship behaviors as long as it's warm enough for them to swim around. "They are pretty single-minded in focus," Pauly said, adding that ...

More than 52 million red-eared sliders were legally exported from the United States between 1989 and 1997, many of them to China, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.