Chances are every driver in the Triangle has rounded a corner to find a slow-moving reptile lumbering across the asphalt — a turtle hazard at almost every turn. Turtles wander stubbornly in search of ...

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 ...

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...

The eastern box turtle is one of the most common terrestrial (land-dwelling) turtles in the southeast. In fact, it is the only one in North Carolina. See the video for more details on North Carolina’s ...

Stoick the turtle is just happy to be alive. Named after the character in the popular kids' movie "How to Train Your Dragon," Stoick is a native eastern box turtle who was hit by a car. He's under the ...

Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...