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Conservationists urge public to keep box turtles in natural habitat

As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst the excitement, it's ...
LancasterOnline

Keep an eye out for box turtles

As you read this, eastern box turtles are coming out of hibernation on forest floors. Box turtles are land creatures that live among fallen leaves, ferns and moss-covered logs in deciduous woods in ...
WBAL-TV

Famous LEGO turtle returns to native habitat in Baltimore

Famous LEGO wild Eastern box turtle is back in its native habitat in Baltimore.According to Maryland Zoo officials, the turtle has been out of the LEGO wheelchair for a year and he's been able to move ...
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 ...
WREX

Largest Ornate Box Turtle research study conducted in Nachusa Grasslands

FRANKLIN GROVE -- In Northwestern Illinois near Franklin Grove, there sits 4,000 acres of the Nachusa Grasslands. On Wednesday, May 18, The Chicago Zoological Society led a team of University of ...
southcoasttoday

Box Turtles and the Endangered Species Act

The box turtle's domed carapace is hinged at either end allowing it to box in its head and tail safe from marauding claws. This adaptation and its brown and tawny camouflage have served it well, ...
insider.si.edu

Critically Endangered Bourret’s Box Turtles Hatch at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Keepers at the National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center are celebrating a conservation success five years in the making: a pair of Bourret’s box turtle hatchlings. They are the first of their species ...
Wicked Local

Tracking the secretive box turtle with HCT

HARWICH -- Tracking turtles isn’t as easy as one might think, but Michael Musnick, a passionate amateur herpetologist, is doing his best. Holding an antenna and receiver, Musnick sets off down one of ...
The New York Times

The Turtle Who Came Back From the Dead

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — I admit it: I’m jealous of my writing-group partners, Mary Laura Philpott ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Environment: Monitoring the box turtle in Amherst

Julie Miller was hiking at the Plum Brook Conservation Area in Amherst with her son, August Miller, when he spotted this box turtle hatchling. Credit: COURTESY OF JULIE MILLER Sign up for the ...
WTVF

Conservationists urge the public to respect the wild and keep box turtles in their natural habitat this summer

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst ...