GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Deep in the veterinary quarantine building behind the scenes at John Ball Zoo are 12 tiny eastern box turtles, doing their best to grow as big as they can.

The conservation program at John Ball Zoo is playing a large role in trying to revitalize the box turtle population that for hundreds of years has called Northern Michigan home. Unfortunately, due ...

DNR ecologists say the Eastern box turtle, Michigan's only native turtle to live predominately on land, should be considered a threatened species. ... P.O. Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909. ...

Eastern box turtles thrive at this Benton Harbor nature center with its diverse habitats. Researchers hope to find out why.

Box turtles have high home territory fidelity and often stay in the same home range their entire lives. And speaking of their entire lives, these turtles can live upwards of 30 years.

Bill Parsons, a biologist for the Little Traverse Bay Band's natural resources department, enlisted the help of his ...

On the heels of National Turtle Day, it's time to shell-abrate the creatures that move slowly on land, but quickly into our hearts. Standing room only on a log in Mattawan's Wolf Lake Fish ...

Dyer is less than an hour from Michigan’s southern border. Officers say they found protected Eastern Box turtles, 23 dogs and five cats in poor conditions.

Eastern box turtle (species of special concern, not legally protected) Painted turtle; ... The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says there are several ways you can help Michigan turtles, ...

Box turtles have high home territory fidelity and often stay in the same home range their entire lives. And speaking of their entire lives, these turtles can live upwards of 30 years.