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 ...
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'Turtle-sniffing dog' traverses NY woods to save endangered species

April, the 16-month-old Labrador retriever, is becoming a pro at finding the Eastern box turtle.
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Box turtles are back for the summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year

Ornate box turtles and their kin face steep challenges in today’s world, but people can help out by raising the deck height on their mowers, allowing turtles to cross the road and not taking them home ...
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Why Scientists Are Attaching Tiny GPS Devices to Eastern Box Turtles

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...
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Box turtles face threats in Kansas. How to help them thrive

Ornate box turtles face threats from habitat loss, climate change and being hit by cars. Scientists urge the public not to take wild turtles home as pets or for turtle races. If helping a turtle cross ...
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Cross's Turtle Survival Center offering live demos at SEWE this weekend

CROSS, S.C. (WCIV) — Several turtles from the Turtle Survival Center will make the trek from Cross to Marion Square for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition this weekend, including the Vietnamese ...