AZ Animals on MSN

Lonely no more, Rockalina the box turtle welcomes a new friend

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...
WREX

Largest Ornate Box Turtle research study conducted in Nachusa Grasslands

FRANKLIN GROVE -- In Northwestern Illinois near Franklin Grove, there sits 4,000 acres of the Nachusa Grasslands. On Wednesday, May 18, The Chicago Zoological Society led a team of University of ...
WFAE

Why this NC study of box turtles will plod along, slow and steady, for 100 years

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...
Wicked Local

Tracking the secretive box turtle with HCT

HARWICH -- Tracking turtles isn’t as easy as one might think, but Michael Musnick, a passionate amateur herpetologist, is doing his best. Holding an antenna and receiver, Musnick sets off down one of ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

‘Not thinking outside’ the box turtle

Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...
WUNC

How do you save the beloved box turtle? A 100-year-long study

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...