Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with you ...

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 ...

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 ...

The eastern box turtle is one of the most common terrestrial (land-dwelling) turtles in the southeast. In fact, it is the only one in North Carolina. See the video for more details on North Carolina’s ...

Researchers used dogs to locate and track Eastern box turtles at Sarett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The dogs helped researchers capture a record number of turtles, aiming to understand ...

A Hong Kong man pleaded guilty on Friday after wildfire inspectors in Torrance caught him attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles. Sai Keung Tin, 54, entered his plea in Los Angeles federal court to ...

A 54-year-old Hong Kong man was sentenced on Friday, March 14, in downtown Los Angeles to two years and six months behind bars after wildlife inspectors at a Torrance mail facility intercepted ...

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 ...