Tiny steps, big journey as turtles return to Ohio wild

The Cincinnati Zoo and other groups are releasing previousy rescued turtles affixed with monitors in a statewide research ...

As Eastern box turtles vanish on Long Island, a 16-month-old Lab is sniffing them out

The Group for the East End, alongside Bark and Code, are taking specially trained "turtle-sniffing dogs" across Long Island ...
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Box turtles are back for the summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year

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 ...
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Why this study of box turtles will plod along, slow and steady, for 100 years

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...
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Box turtles face threats in Kansas. How to help them thrive

Ornate box turtles face threats from habitat loss, climate change and being hit by cars. Scientists urge the public not to take wild turtles home as pets or for turtle races. If helping a turtle cross ...