A recent viral trend on social media has been the sharing of photographs from 2016. Users of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and ...

While spiny softshell turtles are threatened in Vermont and spotted turtles are endangered, wood turtles could soon be threatened in the state due to land use change. That is why the state’s Fish & ...

As a kid growing up on the East Coast of the United States, I grew up a huge fan of the eastern box turtle. They’re a mostly terrestrial species of that you can find in the forest, in your lawn or ...

Massachusetts is home to 10 native species of turtle, six of which are threatened or endangered. A new book highlighting the biology and conservation of one in particular has been compiled, and the ...

Wood turtles in the wild aren't easy to find — for humans at least. Personable in captivity but wily in their natural habitat, the turtles are on the move in spring and summer, foraging for food.

To ensure a future for these endangered turtles, scientists need to know how many are left Stephen Taglieri Wood turtles are made for their environment. They blend in with muddy rocks in the streambed ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 14, 2018) -- Fred Ossman, a wildlife biologist with the Fort Drum Natural Resources Branch, has spent much of his time this spring "chasing wood turtles" - trekking through ...

On a sunny April morning, Bryan Windmiller, director of conservation for Zoo New England, and I sat about 10 feet apart on two “socially distanced rocks” next to a brook in a suburb west of Boston. As ...

The Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians’ Natural Resources Department has been working to conserve the threatened wood turtle. Their top team member is Mooz, a 9-year-old labradoodle who has ...