Marine scientists relocated 200 olive ridley sea turtle eggs to the Aquarium of the Pacific to protect them from storm surges ...

Foxes like to raid the nests of diamondback terrapins on Staten Island. But a “turtle garden” and incubators at the local zoo ...

One container off the Ever Laurel held 28,800 plastic bath toys with a known release date and position — an unfunded drift ...

More than 800 North American box turtles taken from traffickers at New York-area airports have been rescued and rehabilitated with help from the Bronx Zoo, marking a grim benchmark in the battle ...

Trafficking turtles is big business. A Brooklyn man shipped around 850 live turtles, mostly eastern and three-toed box turtles, to Hong Kong between August 2023 and November 2024. He stuffed them ...

In a state first, a Safe Haven Baby Box is opening in Henry County, Georgia, allowing mothers in crisis to surrender their newborns anonymously and safely. The boxes, which are typically opened at ...

SALINA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Rolling Hills Zoo has taken in 83 ornate box turtles confiscated from the illegal global wildlife trade, providing a safe recovery haven as federal investigators work to ...

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To figure out why Eastern box turtle numbers are dropping across Virginia, Smithsonian researchers are turning to some surprisingly low-tech tricks. Mike Bock Earlier this summer, Smithsonian ...

Eastern box turtles take their nest building responsibilities seriously. A female may wander for hours, sometimes days, scouting for a spot with the right thermal conditions to make a nest. Once she ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...