To figure out why Eastern box turtle numbers are dropping across Virginia, Smithsonian researchers are turning to some ...

Authorities in Cranford are asking for the public’s help after more than 150 box turtles were illegally dumped along the edge of a river. The Cranford Fire Department is urging residents to keep an ...

CRANFORD, N.J. (PIX11) — A summer stroll along the Rahway River became an ongoing wildlife rescue operation after more than ...

Last month, Ohio Northern University released 13 box turtles into the wild. ROBOTs, or Repatriating Ohio’s Box Turtles initiative, was created by the Ohio Division of Wildlife to combat the ...

A month after releasing Eastern box turtles in a new home, Ohio conservation leaders say they're seeing signs of success.

Only some of the box turtles left by the river are native to New Jersey, meaning it is important that the rest be captured ...

A box turtle never forgets. Missourians will see many signs of a box turtle’s reliance on memory in the weeks ahead when people will observe turtle crossing roads throughout the region. These turtle ...

Of Ohio’s 11 turtle species, the box turtle is the only one that lives an exclusively terrestrial lifestyle. Resembling tiny tortoises, box turtles are most likely to be found plodding through upland ...

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is one of many wonderful turtle species native to Georgia. John Jensen, herpetologist with Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told me more about box ...

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...

Dog handler John Rucker collects an ornate box turtle that one of his six Boykin spaniels located and brought to him May 6, 2021, at the Nachusa Grasslands in Lee County. John Rucker hunts for ornate ...