On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Carolina, Lightning, Hershey, and Marshmallow are among the box turtles on display at the Santa Fe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Education Specialist Leigh Spencer teaches us about box turtles!

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new ...

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, having lived in an indoor, unnatural environment for decades. Post-rescue, ...

The red eyes of the “SAVE the BOX TURTLE” on Aug. 17 instantly compelled my attention. In June 1993, I thought I saw a rock in the middle of the road, however the rock moved and I stopped to see. It ...

Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay host a professional investigation to provide a definitive answer on whether box turtles are capable of swimming.

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 ...

Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...