The Cool Down on MSN

As eastern box turtles vanish on Long Island, a 16-month-old lab is sniffing them out

The Group for the East End, alongside Bark and Code, are taking specially trained "turtle-sniffing dogs" across Long Island ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Gardener nearly runs over hidden box turtle and urges others to scan the yard before mowing

"They cannot run away before it's too late." ...

Turtle-sniffing dogs searching Long Island woods to protect species

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center... After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina ...
The New York Times

Woman Who Tried to Smuggle 29 Turtles Wrapped in Socks Pleads Guilty

A resident of Hong Kong was caught while paddling across a lake from Vermont to Canada in an inflatable kayak with the Eastern box turtles in a duffle bag, according to court records. By Johnny Diaz A ...