In this week's Zoo Buddy segment, we're meeting some of the box turtles at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.

Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, ...

A common turtle used as a basement turtle was the box turtle. St. Louis has two types of box turtles: the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle. According to the Missouri Department of ...

Most turtles live in freshwater ponds, lakes or rivers. Others live in the ocean or on land. Some even live in forests or the ...

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with ...

The eastern box turtle is collected in enormous numbers for the illegal wildlife trade. Only a portion of this trade is detected, and when it is, wildlife agencies must decide what to do with those ...