Indian River Park is their natural habitat. They creep and crawl through the park — mostly unobserved — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They move silently through their surroundings. Their natural ...

SALINA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Rolling Hills Zoo has taken in 83 ornate box turtles confiscated from the illegal global wildlife trade, providing a safe recovery haven as federal investigators work to ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

Each Eastern box turtle's shell has unique yellow or orange markings, like fingerprints, helping researchers identify individuals. Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat ...