Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Kansas lawmakers failed to pass heightened protections for ornate box turtles, government regulators have taken action to ...

Researchers and conservation staff are working to preserve rare sand prairie habitats at this metro-east site.

Would you go sky diving? Strike up a conversation with a stranger? Volunteer to sing on stage? If you say yes, chances are you’re probably a bold person. It turns out ornate box turtles — a threatened ...

MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is proposing to issue a permit that would allow the unintentional loss of some state-endangered slender glass lizards and ornate box ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Turtles are becoming more active as winter is behind us now, which also leads to the animals crossing roads more frequently in the coming weeks. According to the Missouri ...