On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning ...

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COULD MOVE IN AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR. A MISSING TURTLE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE LOUISVILLE NATURE CENTER IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE NONPROFIT ANNOUNCED CHOCOLATE THE BOX TURTLE, IS BACK HOME AFTER TWO ...

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 ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. -- The dead walk among us. Actually, they crawl. They are box turtles -- gentle, softball-size animals that can live past 100. But these land-dwelling reptiles that some Virginians ...

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, ...

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 ...

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