RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center was a part of an exceptionally uncommon box turtle hatch that has ...

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, having lived in an indoor, unnatural environment for decades. Post-rescue, ...

The turtle, who was taken from a South Carolina nature preserve and needs special care, remains missing on Monday. The Conestee Nature Preserve first reported the missing baby box turtle named ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Conestee Nature Preserve reports it is searching for its baby box turtle after she was taken on Friday. Preserve staff said they took the baby turtle, named Michelle, ...

PHOENIX — Phoenix Zoo reptile keepers found something unexpected in an exhibit on Tuesday — an ornate box turtle hatchling. The Zoo in a press release said the keepers were surprised to find the ...

A baby box turtle named Michelle is missing from the Conestee Nature Preserve in Greenville. The rescue turtle was reportedly taken from its carrier by a visitor on April 3. Staff members say the ...

As prairie has decreased in Illinois to less than one-tenth of 1% of its original area, the ornate box turtle has become critically endangered in the state. The Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands ...

Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height on their mowers, allowing turtles to cross the road and not taking them home ...