Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram Scientists on Long Island are turning to a young Labrador retriever named April as they investigate the ...

A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles rescued after a mass dumping. Rescuers are building outdoor ...

Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and agricultural hazards. Researchers track turtles using radio telemetry and GPS loggers to map ...

A riverbank littered with turtlesThe unusual rehabilitation effort began on July 29, when a Cranford resident discovered ...

When a new homeowner moved into her house, she discovered a turtle with a bright blue shell in the yard. Wildlife rehab ...

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 ...

In a unique blend of conservation and grid maintenance, electric utility professionals gathered this week in Agawam, Massachusetts, to participate in an annual training focused on protecting ...

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is helping return turtles to their habitat with state wildlife officials, giving them a better chance of survival.The eastern box turtles are part of a larger ...

Scientists on Long Island are turning to a young Labrador retriever named April as they investigate the decline of Eastern box turtles, GoodGoodGood reported. As Eastern box turtles suffer due to a ...