I can attest the snappers are good eating, fixed right. Other legal considerations with regard to turtles in Indiana: The collection of endangered species and box turtles or their eggs is also a ...

Box turtle (Source: Indiana Department of Natural Resources) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Indiana officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for some slow-moving pedestrians.

Eastern box turtles thrive at this Benton Harbor nature center with its diverse habitats. Researchers hope to find out why.

You can help the turtle cross, but don’t take it home. Several of Indiana’s turtle species are illegal to take or possess, including the Eastern box turtle.

The Beast of Busco emerged one day out of the blue. A farmer named Oscar Fulk spotted it in a seven-acre lake on his northern Indiana property in 1898: a massive turtle, Fulk swore, the size of a ...

It’s nesting season for Indiana’s native turtles, which means Hoosiers may find them crossing roads this time of year, announced the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

On this episode of Wild Science, meet the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina ). Eastern Box Turtles are incredibly cool. They use geo-imprinting navigation. Their brains can capture the exact ...

The higher chance of a turtle sighting comes from smaller snapping turtles, box turtles, painted turtles, softshell turtles and the other dozen species found in Indiana.

A 70-year-old box turtle with an unusual beak now has a forever home at a Long Island animal rescue.

People can only keep a box turtle if they have a permit. The Indiana DNR also lists box turtles as a species of special concern. They're protected by law in the Hoosier state too.

Good news for anyone who ever wanted to see if they, like an anthropomorphic rat, are capable of domesticating a giant turtle: A lake in Indiana that’s home to a legendary 500-pound snapping ...