Engaging in trauma treatment can involve tremendous work. Several metaphors are presented for consideration in the journey of healing.

This box turtle made it safely across the road this time. But the sunken area on top of its back, as well as the white scars on its back, tell of a past near tragedy.

Find two turtles on a beach and feed them seagrass to make them breed. After being fed, one turtle will dig in the sand. Following this, they will end up laying eggs You must protect the eggs from ...

Young turtles are vulnerable to predators–their shells are soft and the hinged plastron develops around the fourth year. Box Turtles’ bodies are fully grown in six to seven years.

Hinged-shell turtles, however, particularly eastern box turtles, are well protected. Flexing its hinge joint, a box turtle can completely close its plastron against its high-domed, yellow-patterned ...

All three of our region’s hinged-shell turtles have also been subject to the illegal pet trade; in June, a woman was caught attempting to smuggle 29 box turtles into Canada by carrying them via ...

A Philippine box turtle with a damaged shell was handed over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Ilocos Norte. The turtle was handed over by John Alconcher, a resident, of ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Nature center staff in central Missouri freed a hawk from a turtle shell. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, on Friday, September 27, the staff at ...

A box turtle shell found on campus has unveiled a tapestry of University of Delaware connections dating back more than half a century. The turtle, between 60 and 70 years old when he died, walked the ...

If you see a box turtle, there is no danger in carefully picking it up and admiring its beautiful shell, but gently put it back where you found it. Due to their declining population, Ditomassi ...