Pet turtles have diverse dietary needs depending on their species and age. Understanding these requirements is the first step ...

Tortoises and box turtles have domed-shaped shells. ©iStock.com/GoDogPhoto The key differences between a box turtle and a tortoise are their features, habitat, diet ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

I straddled the sedentary reptile as I made my way through the countryside on the way home from the delta the other day. No, it wasn’t a cottonmouth or a timber rattler, for had it been, the outcome ...

Beautiful, shelled reptiles roam the earth, hiding among twigs, tree roots, plants, and waves. These creatures, coming in 18 different shades and accent colors, are turtles. Depending on where in the ...

Box turtles have beaks, which ... Now, there is regular beak trimming, a new diet rich in fruits, vegetables and protein, and daily physical therapy. He can now eat on his own.

“Assistant Nature Center Manager Becky Matney discovered a juvenile broad-winged hawk that had several toes caught in the shell of a three-toed box turtle,” the Missouri Department of ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...

Border Patrol agents found the Eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks in Ng’s duffle bag, Fox News reported. Wan Yee Ng was caught as she was trying to make off with 29 Eastern box ...

"Although we have formulated foods for the box turtles and the tortoises, their behaviors and foraging for food precludes this being the primary support of their diet," said Nowick. They get food ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - A male Eastern Box Turtle moves across a path at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary in Harrisburg, Pa., May, 2 ...