Five years ago, Sarett Nature Center staff members began to realize they had an abnormal amount of box turtles throughout the ...

When I started volunteering at the center, I was going to do whatever needed to be done as a volunteer. Never in a million years did I think I would become the “reptile person” at the center. I am not ...

Why box turtles are nature's tiny tanks Join our online membership: Box turtles have one of the most unique defenses in the reptile world. Their hinged shell allows them to close up tight when ...

Across Long Island, New York, Eastern box turtles are declining rapidly in population. While not officially labeled as threatened or endangered on the federal level, experts say the turtles are ...

The Center for Wildlife stopped by to teach us all about Lily and Clifford the box turtles. The center says they were taken out of the wild and kept in captivity. Unfortunately, t ...

The native plant movement says that we can combat environmental disaster from our own backyards. Is it really so simple?

Eastern painted turtles are the most common turtles in the northeast—and the most commonly injured on roadways. Credit: Pamela Meier This was originally published June 3, 2025. Everyone knows and ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

A few years ago, I was driving along a busy road in my small town when I spotted a giant snapping turtle crossing the road. I turned my hazard lights on, pulled over to the shoulder and stood behind ...

Environment personnel installed a protective net around a newly discovered green sea turtle nesting site along the coast of Sabtang, Batanes, to shield the eggs from predators and improve hatching ...