There are two kinds of box turtles in Oklahoma, and both are found in the Skiatook area, the ornate box turtle, also called the plains box turtle, and the three-toed box turtle. The ornate box turtle ...

With a story about an animal that inspires a lot of love - and right now some concern - we're talking about box turtles. These are the turtles with rounded shells and yellow blotches. They roam around ...

Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio and ...

A farmer in eastern India has found a yellow turtle which experts say is the product of albinism.Basudev Mahapatra spotted the turtle while he was working in his fields in the village of Sujanpur, in ...

Karen Deville usually looks forward to rainy days — but not just because it waters her plants. Deville is delighted that when it rains, and box turtles creep out of her yard, in Baton Rouge's ...

Arkansas is home to 16 turtle species. Only two, the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle, are land dwellers. Box turtles are the only turtles in North America with a flexible hinge on ...

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...