Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation have an important message for amateur artists across the state: You can paint your house, a canvas, or even your own fingernails, but don’t paint the shells of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The WKRG News 5 studio resembled a zoo this week as a sloth and three box turtles were busy creating masterpieces for the Art on the Wild Side fundraiser that benefits the ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission would like to remind people to stop using the shells of tortoises and turtles as paint canvases. The FWC posted a PSA to their Facebook on Wednesday, July 27, ...

Florida Fish & Wildlife is reminding everyone to stop painting on turtle or tortoise shells as it can pose a danger to their health. “While to you it may seem harmless, painting the shells of turtles ...

I read a Miami Herald article about a new form of graffiti -- painting wild gopher tortoises, native land turtles that get bigger than volleyballs. The article referred to a Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Koopa paints, he gets down and dirty. His feet are covered in all shades of blue and yellow and his slow-moving belly helps to form the abstract swirls that make up his art.

Considering Guyana’s small population and its cultural and linguistic isolation on the South American coast, curiosity is always the order of the day for me when I learn of Guyanese in strange and far ...

Wildlife officials are urging Florida residents and tourists to stop painting turtles and tortoises. While a turtle shell decorated with a hand-painted sunset or ocean waves may be artistic, you’re ...

If you want to paint your nails, furniture, house, whatever – knock yourself out. But stop painting birds and turtles; they don’t need to be prettied-up. That’s the message from Florida officials, who ...