How L.A. became a turtle smuggling hot spot, pushing this rescue group to the brink

Eric Goode, the documentarian behind 'Tiger King' and 'Chimp Crazy,' also runs the Turtle Conservancy in Ojai. It's been ...

New Jersey dumped 219 turtles in a river; now rescuers are building stations to help them survive winter season. Now their return to the wild is complicated

A significant number of turtles have been rescued from a river in New Jersey, sparking urgent rehabilitation efforts. The ...
Yahoo

Viral hatch: Rare conjoined box turtle twins make debut in Roanoke

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center was a part of an exceptionally uncommon box turtle hatch that has ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Are there more box turtles in Greater Cincinnati this summer? Here's what we know

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 ...
Iowa Public Radio

Box turtles are back for the summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year

Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height on their mowers, allowing turtles to cross the road and not taking them home ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

The eastern box turtle’s path to state symbol status | Word from the Smokies

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 ...

219 Turtles were dumped by a new jersey river. Now rescuers are building 'Brumation Stations' to help them survive winter

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