Turtles are fascinating creatures, from their prehistoric origins to their fantabulous bony shell, as unique to each turtle ...

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

Due to their complex care requirements and susceptibility to stress, box turtles are not ideal pets for young children or first-time pet owners. Obtaining a captive-bred box turtle from a ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within.

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and red-eared sliders require a ...

Finding a baby box turtle can be exciting and it’s fine to take some photos of it but it is important to allow these turtles to remain in the wild. It’s never a good idea to keep a turtle as a pet ...

A box turtle that eats some strawberries and then ... where plenty of people relinquish those they no longer want as pets, a better plan than ‘setting them free,’ in the wild, where they ...

The Pflugerville facility helps rehabilitate the animals with health conditions due to improper care, as well as those who ...

The three-toed box turtles is the state reptile of Missouri. As temperatures rise, thousands of them will begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Every year, Jeff Briggler ...

Wood turtles and yellow mud turtles are both listed as endangered in Iowa due to habitat loss and water pollution. Ornate box turtles, and eastern musk turtles are listed as threatened, along with the ...

The ban makes sense to Jonah Bader, 14, who's owned one of the turtles for four years. "They don't really make good pets," said Jonah, who aspires to a career in herpetology — the study of ...