When she first met the eastern box turtle named Pokey, Cleo Bowen-Wiggins was still in diapers – far too young to recognize she was in the presence of a local celebrity. But like so many others, she ...

Remember the theory that glass is actually a liquid, slowly dripping down toward the earth in geologic time? Old windowpanes are thicker at the bottom than the top. Maybe that's urban legend rather ...

VISTA, Calif. — So you say you'd like to adopt an animal, but you're not a cat or dog person? The San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society offers the perfect pet for people looking to slow things down.

Pokey is the local celeb at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium. Pokey, an Eastern box turtle, lives at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium in Washington, D.C.. National ...

Most U.S. turtles lay eggs on land sometime between April and July, prompting many questions from interested observers. A single answer covers the following three queries. My children and I arrived ...

Huntman says turtles aren’t exactly fun. “With the turtle, you go on a hike, it'd have to either be a very short hike or a very slow hike,” he says. Doug Huntman nestled his box turtle back into her ...