When I started volunteering at the center, I was going to do whatever needed to be done as a volunteer. Never in a million years did I think I would become the “reptile person” at the center. I am not ...

Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut collaborates with New Balance and Adia to create a prosthetic harness for Charlotte, a green ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

Picture a small creature with a dome-shaped shell wandering slowly through the forest floor, its unique ability to completely close itself inside its protective armor setting it apart from every other ...

Some turtle patients from the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro are spending the winter at Bridgewater College – giving the students hands-on experience with rehabilitation. WMRA's Randi B.

Box Turtle Books set to open in uptown Shelby Jan. 10 Kaitlyn McNeilly, owner of Box Turtle Books in uptown Shelby, talks about the store's upcoming grand opening on Jan. 10.

A man tried to smuggle Gulf Coast box turtles from the United States to China. However, federal authorities thwarted the attempt. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the U.S. Fish and ...

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Education Specialist Katie Carchedil teaches us about box turtles! “So, today we have Discover, and she is a three ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet the box turtles at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe! They are very common in Louisiana and are found in most of North America. General Curator Lisa Taylor ...

The untold story of a man eating turtle that wreaks havoc on a lakeside New England community. The untold story of SNAPPER, an unfinished early 90s film about a man eating turtle that wreaks havoc on ...

Box turtles are so named for their distinctive shells. All turtles have a top shell (carapace) and bottom shell (plastron) that connect via “bridges” on each side. But box turtles are the only group ...