"It seems like nowadays each day on the calendar is dedicated to something." ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...

“Rounding a sharp curve in the road, I slam on the brakes; fortunately there are no other cars behind me. It’s a turtle crossing the road, not just any turtle but a female wood turtle making its way ...

While spiny softshell turtles are threatened in Vermont and spotted turtles are endangered, wood turtles could soon be threatened in the state due to land use change. That is why the state’s Fish & ...

April, the 16-month-old Labrador retriever, is becoming a pro at finding the Eastern box turtle.

Bumpy-backed wood turtles — about the size of dessert plates and typically an earthy green-brown in color with yellow markings — were once quite common across the northeastern United States and upper ...