Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Three months after a car hit an eastern box turtle in D.C., leaving her shell severely broken, the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The broad-shelled river turtle (Chelodina expansa) falls into a group known as side-neck turtles.

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 ...

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 ...

Making the shakers for Indian stomp dances has changed little. OKMULGEE -- When the summer heat turns brutal, scores of stomp dancers across the region look to their local dance grounds and annual ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas is home to 16 species of turtle, but only two are land dwellers - the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle. Box turtles are the only turtles in North America with a ...