The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

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Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

Forty turtle nesting boxes — square wooden frames constructed with untreated lumber, topped with wire mesh, and marked with ...

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As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s ...

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Caption: A snapping turtle is seen at a camp property at Whitefish Lake in northwestern Ontario as nesting season gets underway. (Submitted by Edward Maki) Celebrating the summer solstice at her camp ...

It's turtle nesting season in Ontario, and one couple from Thunder Bay, Ont., received an unexpected visit from a snapping turtle last weekend, who has buried her eggs on their camp property at ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within. One ...

Box turtles also have a hinged plastron (bottom shell) that allows them to close up shop in the front and rear, creating a “box” that protects their entire body from predators. Formerly, the eastern ...