The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile. The eastern box turtle is facing population decline due to habitat loss. A species of turtle has ...

MDC also asks the public to leave the turtles in the wild. Taking a wild animal, whether a turtle or another species, and ...

The eastern box turtle is facing population decline due to habitat loss. A species of turtle has taken one step closer to becoming Pennsylvania’s state reptile. The House Game and Fisheries ...

(The familiar box turtle also hibernates, but on land.) An Australian species, the Fitzroy River turtle, hardly ever surfaces, but obtains oxygen from water pumped through its cloaca, or posterior ...

As spring warms up Missouri’s roads, motorists may spot more than just blooming flowers and green trees—they might encounter turtles on the move. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is ...