FRANKLIN, Ill. — For nearly 50 years, the ornate box turtle has been endangered or threatened. Highly sought after as pets, they're even poached and traded on the black market. Conservationists are ...

Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height on their mowers, allowing turtles to cross the road and not taking them home ...

The ornate box turtle, the state reptile of Kansas, is the next topic of the Smoky Hill Museum First Thursday Presentation. "Kansas ornate box turtles ... and their Home on the range," begins at 5:30 ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The transition from the winter season to the spring season brings out the desert box turtle, also known as the ornate box turtle. Ornate box turtle sightings become more common during ...

As late spring and early summer arrive in Nebraska, drivers are more likely to spot turtles crossing roadways as the animals move over land in search of mates, ...

In spring, box turtles emerge from their underground winter dens. Drivers across the Midwest and Great Plains may spot them on the roads. The creatures are particularly vulnerable this time of year to ...

Would you go sky diving? Strike up a conversation with a stranger? Volunteer to sing on stage? If you say yes, chances are you’re probably a bold person. It turns out ornate box turtles — a threatened ...