A group of volunteers, led by Dr. Lesley Mailler and Jordan Gray, rescued five box turtles from a wooded patch of land on Tybee Island before heavy equipment was scheduled to remove the top layer of ...

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 ...

Eastern box turtles removed from area for safety with clearing work being done.

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants ...