A Turtle with a Bright Blue Shell Was Found in Kentucky. Now Wildlife Experts Are Racing to Undo the Damage

A turtle's shell is part of its body and skeletal system, growing and healing along with the animal. "Putting paints and ...

Shockingly blue turtle discovered in Kentucky backyard

When a Kentucky woman purchased a home in the town of Campbellsville, she had no idea that she would also be taking in an unexpected animal: an Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) with a ...

219 Turtles were dumped by a new jersey river. Now rescuers are building 'Brumation Stations' to help them survive winter

A New Jersey wildlife centre is caring for 219 box turtles rescued after a mass dumping. Rescuers are building outdoor ...
Iowa Public Radio

Box turtles are back for the summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year

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 ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

The eastern box turtle’s path to state symbol status | Word from the Smokies

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...

New Jersey dumped 219 turtles in a river; now rescuers are building stations to help them survive winter season. Now their return to the wild is complicated

A significant number of turtles have been rescued from a river in New Jersey, sparking urgent rehabilitation efforts. The ...