Turtles are at high risk when seeking out nesting grounds, because they may have to cross roads. New Hampshire Turtle Rescue ...

This turtle, like all turtles, was very careful about where she laid her eggs. Most turtles lay their eggs in the morning.

Eastern box turtles hatch out of eggs that have been buried about ... The loss of natural and native habitat is causing turtles to appear in some unlikely places. Female turtles will venture as far as ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

This spring you may see bright yellow lawn signs identifying “Turtle Crossings” on roads at streams and wetlands in three counties: Manistee, Benzie and Lake in northern lower Michigan. The ...

Eastern box turtles carry both the armor that protects them from most predators and the potential for eternal wandering in search of home. Turtles found in the wild and relocated carelessly to ...

Starting in the spring and lasting into the summer, female turtles across the Nutmeg ... to 12 native species of turtles, including bog turtles, common musk turtles, common snapping turtles, eastern ...

“It is particularly sad to see or hear about turtles that have been intentionally hit on the road.” Late spring and early summer is mating season for Michigan's turtles. Female turtles search ...

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

It took 48 years for Rockalina to get a taste of earthworm. The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside a New York home, never once venturing outside. Her nails curled into her feet ...

A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...