FRANKLIN, Ill. — For nearly 50 years, the ornate box turtle has been endangered or threatened. Highly sought after as pets, they're even poached and traded on the black market. Conservationists are ...

COAL VALLEY -- The turtle is tiny, but it's part of a big mission. Niabi Zoo is raising an ornate box turtle through a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conservation program. The turtle, which hatched in ...

After Kansas lawmakers failed to pass heightened protections for ornate box turtles, government regulators have taken action to protect the state reptile from poachers who would have them "exported ...

GRETNA – Louisville High School students learned many facts about the ornate box turtle Friday during a special ceremony featuring Nebraska’s governor. Students in Tim Hagge’s zoology class traveled ...