A turtle in your yard might be a fun surprise, but it's important to follow certain precautions to keep the animal, you, and ...

A rare pair of Eastern box turtle twins separated at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center are continuing to grow months ...

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst the excitement, it's ...

Ambassador animal Michelle, an Easter box rescue turtle, was outside at the preserve's Nature Playscape on April 3 when she went missing.

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...

A turtle who somehow shucked off his transmitter and absconded from a western Pennsylvania sanctuary was found 20 miles away more than three years later. The Tamarack Wildlife Center said this summer, ...

Turtles are crossing Kentucky roads more often in spring and summer. Learn how to help them safely and legally.

Indiana DNR shares how to help native Indiana turtles cross the road safely and why they don't make good pets.