Meet a rare Indochinese Box Turtle from the Miller Park Zoo!

An Orange and Black Shelled Indochinese Box Turtle "Sparky" from the Miller Park Zoo joins ciLiving Host Jaclyn Friedlander!
NPR

Dozens of species were assumed to be mute — until they were recorded making sounds

In the animal kingdom, some creatures are famous for the sounds they make — birds and their songs, cats and their meows, frogs and their ribbits. But some animals are more quietly mysterious. Do ...
WGHP

Officials track box turtles at local state park

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROWNS SUMMIT, N.C. — Heidi Dull does her ...
The Daily Item

A look at the Eastern Box turtle

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 ...
The Gazette

Specially trained dogs help find — and save — ornate box turtles

JOHNSON COUNTY — In a copse of trees in Johnson County, birdsong trilled over the sound of nearby cars on Monday. In this small patch of wilderness, hidden away behind houses and businesses, John ...
Wicked Local

Tracking the secretive box turtle with HCT

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 ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

How the common box turtle became one of the most heavily trafficked animals in US, and how the Tennessee Aquarium is trying to fight it

A common box turtle slow-steps onto a two-lane byway, carrying the weight of its ornate shell and a bounty on its head. In recent decades, the box turtle has become one of North America's most heavily ...