Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...

There’s a good reason for the box turtle’s name. A hinge on the bottom of its shell lets the land-dwelling turtle pull its legs, head, and tail inside and close it up tight — like a box. When I was a ...

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 ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

WEBVTT JENNIFER: WELCOME BACK. WHAT A TREAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. AMY EVELET IS JOINING US FROM THE MARYLAND ZOO. SHE HAS BROUGHT FRIENDS. >> THIS IS WADE BOGS. HE IS A BOG TURTLE, CRITICALLY ...