To breathe or not to breathe, that is the question. What would happen if you were submerged in a pond where the water temperature hovered just above freezing and the surface was capped by a lid of ice ...

During the first warm and sunny spring day in March, a turtle peeps its head out to soak in the sunshine for the first time since December. A common question is: Was he in hibernation? According to ...

Trog's eyelids are swollen to the point where they are virtually shut. The ornate box turtle emerged from hibernation about two weeks ago and seemed to be doing fine. He began to eat and make his way ...

It was a good day for sunbathing so a painted turtle basked on rocks rising out of the lake. I was in Rice Twp. on the smaller of two Ice Lakes, so plush with lilies that the water looked like a lawn ...