Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...
The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind.
As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within. One species ...
Researchers used dogs to locate and track Eastern box turtles at Sarett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The dogs helped researchers capture a record number of turtles, aiming to understand ...
State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...
A homeowner was in for a surprise when they discovered an Eastern box turtle digging a hole in their garden. The homeowner took to Reddit on September 21 to share that the unexpected visitor had laid ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles — North ...