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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.

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 ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Are there more box turtles in Greater Cincinnati this summer? Here's what we know

Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio and ...
East End Beacon

Where Did All the Turtles Go? A New Survey Seeks Answers

On days when Dr. Anna Thonis is in the field searching for eastern box turtles, her volunteers fan out throughout a large ...
South Bend Tribune

Gentle dogs fetch Eastern box turtles for science at Sarett as their species faces threats

Researchers used dogs to locate and track Eastern box turtles at Sarett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The dogs helped researchers capture a record number of turtles, aiming to understand ...
Iowa Public Radio

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 ...
NPR

A 100-year study could help save box turtles

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...
The Times Herald

Eastern Box Turtles in Wissahickon Valley Park: a unique and threatened animal

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...
WTVF

Conservationists urge the public to respect the wild and keep box turtles in their natural habitat this summer

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst ...