Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height ...

As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst the excitement, it's ...

Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to cross Missouri's roads to do it. Every year, Jeff Briggler sees the same ...

MDC encourages motorists to slow down when they see a turtle in the road and check to be sure they can safely steer around it. (MDC) (This article is a press release from the Missouri Department of ...

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 ...