Elon Musk's Boring Company has proposed an underground tunnel from Nashville's airport to downtown. Readers offer their takes.

To protect wood turtles, Henehan recommended people support organizations like the Little Traverse Bay Band or zoos, which have programs that support turtles and other native species in Michigan.

It turns out that a turtle’s shell doesn’t sit on top of its body. It’s part of the turtle’s body. “Turtles are their shells,” Wagner said. “The shell is made up of their bones.

Turtles are built like tiny tanks—ancient, armored, and famously tough. But in the modern world, that toughness may be their greatest vulnerability. In part two of our turtle two-parter, we dive into ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Monte Sano State Park’s naturalist Amber Coger stopped by TVL with a special guest, a box turtle! As one of the park’s animal ambassadors, this turtle ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

Eastern box turtles thrive at this Benton Harbor nature center with its diverse habitats. Researchers hope to find out why.

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol for NC and Tennessee.