Eastern box turtles hatch out of eggs that have been buried about six inches, months before and dig their way to the surface spending the first few years of life hiding under leaf litter. They need ...

Sitting in front of a monitor with a technician from the Smithsonian, I am watching the progress of Turtle 4004, known as ...

This spring you may see bright yellow lawn signs identifying “Turtle Crossings” on roads at streams and wetlands in three counties: Manistee, Benzie and Lake in northern lower Michigan. The ...

Snapping turtles are feeling the love from humans. But as nesting season approaches, they and other species face danger ...

Si Woo Kim erupted on the tee box at the 6th hole on Friday afternoon for great reason. Kim played the 252-yard par 3 ...

Eastern box turtles demonstrate an impressive ability to survive partial ... Unlike many freeze-tolerant animals that hibernate in soil or under leaf litter, gray tree frogs often overwinter in tree ...

Probably the three most common types of turtles are our red-ear sliders, box turtles, and snapping turtles. But there are actually lots of other kinds of turtles in Oklahoma. We're a very eco ...

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center... After nearly 50 years cooped up inside ...

A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

These include the eastern box turtles, the invasive red-eared turtles and the Asian leaf turtles ... said the Asian box turtle is actually listed under the Convention on International Trade ...

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles — a protected species, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tin, also known as Ricky Tin, was ...