It’s usually by sheer coincidence that most people cross paths with woodland turtles — those that lead their slow lives on land rather than in water. In the Lehigh Valley and Poconos, it’s the box ...

It was mid-summer last year and several of us were spending our time social distancing by hanging and checking trail cams in the Forest Hill area of Union County. While checking one of our cameras for ...

Most people like turtles and don’t feel too threatened by them. Turtles don’t bite (except for snapping turtles, which are a subject for another day!), and they pretty much ignore us as they go about ...

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 ...

Turtles normally found in or near water or hidden in fields and forests just now are being spotted frequently on roads across Pennsylvania. It’s egg-laying season for snapping turtles, box turtles, ...

If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of turtles – box turtles, snapping turtles, wood turtles and others – on the road and maybe in your backyard in the last few weeks, you’re probably right. It’s ...

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts is home to 10 native species of turtle, six of which are threatened or endangered. A new book highlighting the ...

Sometimes, if you want to help a threatened species recover, you have to do more than count them. Sometimes you have to dig deep and help them fight off their enemies. Take the wood turtle in the ...

Massachusetts is home to 10 native species of turtle, six of which are threatened or endangered. A new book highlighting the biology and conservation of one in particular has been compiled, and the ...