It’s usually by sheer coincidence that most people cross paths with woodland turtles — those that lead their slow lives on land rather than in water. In the Lehigh Valley and Poconos, it’s the box ...

Most people like turtles and don’t feel too threatened by them. Turtles don’t bite (except for snapping turtles, which are a subject for another day!), and they pretty much ignore us as they go about ...

Box turtles, snapping turtles, wood turtles and others are on the move, in search of prime nesting spots to lay their eggs. They are appearing in unexpected locations, on roads, in backyards and ...

NORTH OF DULUTH - About 200 yards off a railroad grade, researcher Maddy Cochrane waved her antenna in a semicircle to hear the strongest beep on her VHF radio receiver, then bolted off in that ...

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...

If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of turtles – box turtles, snapping turtles, wood turtles and others – on the road and maybe in your backyard in the last few weeks, you’re probably right. It’s ...

Mark Powell can talk wood turtles for as long as you let him: what they eat, when they breed, where they nest, the social tendencies of males versus females, their preferred habitat based on the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It has been another successful spring for John Ball Zoo’s conservation team. Zoo officials announced Wednesday that their conservation team has released 24 Eastern box ...

As a kid growing up on the East Coast of the United States, I grew up a huge fan of the eastern box turtle. They’re a mostly terrestrial species of that you can find in the forest, in your lawn or ...

The news for wood turtles in Minnesota is not good. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Wood Turtle Habitat Conservation Plan, finalized in 2020, declining population trends ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With the warm weather finally here, humans aren’t the only ones out exploring West Michigan. Turtles are on the move, which means you’re more likely to encounter one along ...