Lifestyle. Red-eared sliders are semiaquatic — they live in water and on land. You may notice your slider relaxing on a rock in your terrarium in between swims. Diet.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A wildlife officer was injured during an investigation into the trafficking of red-eared slider turtles. In July, State Wildlife Officers Turner and Dowdell reportedly found ...

An individual suspected of trafficking red-eared slider turtles in Cincinnati and striking a state wildlife officer with his vehicle was recently indicted in Hamilton County by a grand jury.

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.

A new law bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles, an invasive species that outcompetes Vermont's native turtles ...

The culprit. An invasive red-eared slider, now banned from Vermont. The ban went into effect on July 1, preventing pet stores and pet dealers in Vermont from bringing new pond sliders into the state.