Demand for wild-caught animals can carry consequences far beyond a single sale.

China’s exotic pet market is driving a spike in animal smuggling, U.S. wildlife officials say. But these turtles are getting ...

Thanks to a collaborative effort between the zoo and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, confiscated box turtles get a second ...

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 ...

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...

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 ...

Like ancients made visible, Virginia is home to 25 species of turtles, many of them already in decline or vulnerable to it, ...