The majority of field sites we go to have either Eastern box turtles or Ornate box turtles. However, we went to a site last week that had both. Here is how you differentiate between the two species: Eastern box turtles Ornate box turtles Scientific Name Terrapene carolina carolina Terrapene ornata ornata Native Range   (Todd, [...]

An essential part of our health assessment of each individual turtle is performing a physical exam! Physical exams can give us a lot of information, so they are therefore very important. While performing a physical exam, it is important that you maintain the same process each time, so that you do not miss anything. It [...]

Working dogs play an important role in many aspects of our society. The canine intelligence, trainability, and sense of smell is unmatched, which makes working dogs great assets to their human counterparts. In your daily life, you may see service dogs or police dogs, but have you ever heard of a turtle dog? In the [...]

Our first week of Turtle Team was a success! We found and worked up a total of 58 Eastern box turtles! This would not have been possible without the coordination and teamwork of all our participants. Each participant plays a valuable role in our greater effort of “Saving the world, one box turtle at a [...]