As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within. One ...

Box turtles also have a hinged plastron (bottom shell) that allows them to close up shop in the front and rear, creating a “box” that protects their entire body from predators. Formerly, the eastern ...

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

Eastern box turtles can be identified by the hinged sections of their shells. When threatened, the turtle can close its shell to protect otherwise vulnerable body in bone and forming a “box.” ...

Wildlife rehab staff at Chattahoochee Nature Center are treating a hawk struck by a car and a turtle that was attacked.

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a special license plate that would provide funding for the Turtle Rescue ...