Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to ...

Sitting in front of a monitor with a technician from the Smithsonian, I am watching the progress of Turtle 4004, known as ...

The weather is warmer, and it is now getting into that time of year where you might see some more turtles or tortoises roaming around.

They are known as box turtles because they can almost completely shut themselves up inside their shells. They live up and down the Eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida, and and as far west as Texas.

In photos, Rockalina looked different than most eastern box turtles, which are brightly colored with blacks, browns and yellows and have sharp beak-like mouths. The over 60-year-old girl instead ...

Snapping turtles are feeling the love from humans. But as nesting season approaches, they and other species face danger ...