The Cincinnati Zoo and other groups are releasing previousy rescued turtles affixed with monitors in a statewide research ...

The Cincinnati Zoo released eastern box turtles at Bowyer Farm in Mason. The turtles are fitted with GPS trackers to monitor ...

The Group for the East End, alongside Bark and Code, are taking specially trained "turtle-sniffing dogs" across Long Island ...

When a school in West Carrollton was slated for demolition, two dozen box turtles living in the school courtyard needed a new ...

In spring, box turtles emerge from their underground winter dens. Drivers across the Midwest and Great Plains may spot them on the roads. The creatures are particularly vulnerable this time of year to ...

Indian River Park is their natural habitat. They creep and crawl through the park — mostly unobserved — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They move silently through their surroundings. Their natural ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karen Deville usually looks forward to rainy days — but not just because it waters her plants. Deville is delighted that when it rains, and box turtles creep out of her yard, in Baton Rouge's ...