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How to Care for Your Box Turtle’s Skin

These sweet and fascinating pets can have surprisingly sensitive skin. Here’s how to keep your box turtle healthy and happy. When it comes to box turtle care, maintaining a proper box turtle habitat ...

How to care for a pet turtle? Why it isn't easy and could require decades of attention

Turtles have lifespans that can surpass some humans, drawing awe as more and more people adopt the hard-shelled animals as ...
WTVF

Conservationists urge the public to respect the wild and keep box turtles in their natural habitat this summer

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst ...
Chicago Tribune

Box turtle survey — with a canine assist — helps researchers understand where risks to human health might emerge

Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...
WREX

Largest Ornate Box Turtle research study conducted in Nachusa Grasslands

FRANKLIN GROVE -- In Northwestern Illinois near Franklin Grove, there sits 4,000 acres of the Nachusa Grasslands. On Wednesday, May 18, The Chicago Zoological Society led a team of University of ...
KETV Omaha

Ornate Box Turtle becomes official Nebraska state reptile Friday

AND NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL STATE REP TIE WITH THE ORNATE BOX TURTLE. GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS GATHERED WITH STUDENTS TODAY TO SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 JUST JOSH KRISTIANTO IS THERE AND ...