Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles. The 7 acres of maritime forest are slated to become Solomon Park, a passive ...

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LEAVING WATER BOTTLES SITTING IN A HOT CAR. SOPHIE FLAY ABC NEWS NY SUGGESTED ANCHOR TAG: NEW AT 4 - SOME TURTLES ON TYBEE ISLAND HAVE A TEMPORARY NEW HOME TO KEEP THIS MORNING, THE TYBEE ISLAND ...

Box turtles are native to South Carolina. They are among the state’s most recognizable reptiles, but populations have been plundered in recent years as part of the international black market wildife ...

Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and agricultural hazards. Researchers track turtles using radio telemetry and GPS loggers to map ...

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

As warmer spring weather approaches, Bernie, the eastern box turtle who serves as animal ambassador at Fairy Stone State Park, may soon be waking from his winter brumation in a new outdoor enclosure.

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new research published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Analyzing years of field ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A research project that’s the joint effort of several institutions across Middle Tennessee aimed at better understanding how Eastern Box Turtles navigate the Central Basin ...

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 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 ...