After Orbie the Wonder Dog, a Labrador mix, moved into a residence on Miller Avenue across from Indian River Park, he quickly developed a proclivity for sniffing out the indigenous box turtles.

Doug Huntman got his turtle when he was 12. “Obviously I have a lot of gray hair on my face now,” he says. “I'm 55, so that ...

Box turtles usually lay their eggs during June and July and hatching takes between two and three months. Adult box turtles often live 30 to 40 years or more in the wild, and some are believed to ...

A particularly pretty box turtle can bring $20,000 in China, according to the agency. But the proposals also would make it illegal for a child or adult to take a box turtle home.

This wrinkled ol' pal, found across much of the U. S., may be in decline. A huge study in North Carolina plans to track box turtles for 100 years, to learn how to best protect them.

Shell shock Box turtles are so named because each adult has a crosswise belly-hinge, allowing the turtle to shut its shell tight like a box after pulling in its head and legs.

This wrinkled ol' pal, found across much of the U. S., may be in decline. A huge study in North Carolina plans to track box turtles for 100 years, to learn how to best protect them.

“Low mortality rates can have a big impact on these populations,” said Roberts. Because new turtles do not frequently join the box turtle population in Amherst, losing just a few adult turtles ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path.

This ingenious defense makes adult box turtles impervious to attacks by many small predators, leaving disease and automobiles as the top causes of an individual turtle's demise.

Somers holds a baby box turtle, which could live to be 100 years old. The Box Turtle Connection plans to study turtles like these for at least the next century with the help of dedicated ...