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 ...

Lane Oswalt wanted to play hockey on a frozen pond by his house. He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved 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 ...