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 ...

Massachusetts is home to 10 native species of turtle, six of which are threatened or endangered. A new book highlighting the biology and conservation of one in particular has been compiled, and the ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Motorists on Fort Leonard Wood may feel like they are dodging more turtles than normal lately, and that is because in spring and early summer, the cold-blooded creatures are ...

It was mid-summer last year and several of us were spending our time social distancing by hanging and checking trail cams in the Forest Hill area of Union County. While checking one of our cameras for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, if you want to help a threatened species recover, you have to do more than count them. Sometimes you have to dig deep and help them fight off their enemies. Take the wood turtle in the ...

Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today’s winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans typically handle the ...

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 ...

Confiscated live animals are temporarily held in what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls their “live room” at an office building near Los Angeles International Airport, while authorities try to ...