April, the 16-month-old Labrador retriever, is becoming a pro at finding the Eastern box turtle.

They outlived dinosaurs, have built-in GPS that helps them navigate the world’s oceans with ease, and intuitively know how to ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box ...

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...

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 ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles used to thrive in the Gulf of Mexico, but since the mid-1900s, populations have dwindled so much that they are now the world's most endangered sea turtle species. But now, a ...

Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti.