FRANKLIN, Ill. — For nearly 50 years, the ornate box turtle has been endangered or threatened. Highly sought after as pets, they're even poached and traded on the black market. Conservationists are ...

There are two kinds of box turtles in Oklahoma, and both are found in the Skiatook area, the ornate box turtle, also called the plains box turtle, and the three-toed box turtle. The ornate box turtle ...

After Kansas lawmakers failed to pass heightened protections for ornate box turtles, government regulators have taken action to protect the state reptile from poachers who would have them "exported ...

Arkansas is home to 16 turtle species. Only two, the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle, are land dwellers. Box turtles are the only turtles in North America with a flexible hinge on ...