The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within.

It’s not every Tuesday you get to meet a turtle named after a candy, but that’s exactly what happened on this week’s ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University want residents in the Triangle area to be cautious of turtles crossing the ...

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

Climate change, light pollution and landscaping practices are contributing to a global decline in lightning bugs.

She is small, quirky, and stubborn—and she emits a foul odor when threatened: The common musk turtle is one of North America's most fascinating aquatic turtles. Within her compact body lies an ...

In a conservation effort straight out of an episode of 'The Block', the endangered Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans) population of the Illawarra Escarpment is benefiting from a major ...

Eastern box turtles hatch out of eggs that have been buried about six inches, ... Baby box turtles who have not developed this territorial behavior, are able to be relocated to a suitable habitat. If ...

Ornate box turtles, and eastern musk turtles are listed as threatened, along with the Blanding’s turtle. DNR partnered with Blank Park Zoo and Iowa State University to raise and release nearly 60 ...