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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TV, and more TV - that's the design on the large turtle in artist Janet Linke's St. Nicholas garage art studio. The 5-foot-tall loggerhead turtle is down on a red leg, and its other one turning purple ...

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, ...

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 ...

He's not teenage, mutant or a ninja but like cartoon heroes Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael, Koopa the turtle is connected to the art world. The reptile has sold more than 100 of his ...

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 ...