BOYCE, Va. (Gray News) – A snapping turtle’s shell was broken while likely on the hunt for love, and employees at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center are helping it put back the pieces. According to the ...

The Chattanooga Police Department earlier this week transported a turtle to local wildlife rehabilitation facility For Fox Sake after she was thrown from a fast-moving vehicle, fracturing her shell.

It wasn't a mutant or a ninja, but St. Lucie County firefighters saw a display of turtle power after a tractor-trailer clipped the tough, slow-moving reptile and sent it crashing into the seating ...

Stoick the turtle is just happy to be alive. Named after the character in the popular kids' movie "How to Train Your Dragon," Stoick is a native eastern box turtle who was hit by a car. He's under the ...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WREG) — A Gulf Coast box turtle that lost its back legs after being hit by a car has some new wheels thanks to some Mississippi kids. The turtle, named Lt. Dan, was taken in by the ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

ST. LUCIE, Fla. – A turtle is being blamed for causing a bizarre crash in South Florida. Firefighters in St. Lucie County say a driver of a semitruck hit the turtle Friday evening on Florida’s ...