In spring, box turtles emerge from their underground winter dens. Drivers across the Midwest and Great Plains may spot them on the roads. The creatures are particularly vulnerable this time of year to ...

The Cincinnati Zoo and other groups are releasing previousy rescued turtles affixed with monitors in a statewide research ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with you ...

Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — As turtles emerge from their winter naps, one Michigan zoo is urging drivers to keep their eyes out for those slow-moving travelers. John Ball Zoo, in Grand Rapids, is asking ...

As summer approaches, some animals begin to emerge from their winter shelter. This means Missouri drivers might see some reptilian friends on the road with them. Turtles are ectothermic, or ...

Huntman says turtles aren’t exactly fun. “With the turtle, you go on a hike, it'd have to either be a very short hike or a very slow hike,” he says. Doug Huntman nestled his box turtle back into her ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missourians will be enjoying the great outdoors in droves as temperatures continue to rise, but they won't be hitting the road as literally as another member of the animal kingdom. Box ...