The wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of ...

Why did the turtle cross the road? To lay its eggs. However, many of them die in Connecticut trying to accomplish that task. Starting in the spring and lasting into the summer, female turtles across ...

Two other species listed as game in New York are the box turtle and the wood turtle, but there is no open season for them. The ability to fold itself up, due to a hinge on the plastron, is what gives ...

Workers at the Museum of Natural History in Nova Scotia helped a resident wood turtle to walk more comfortably by building a custom mobility aid out of Lego pieces.

Removing turtles from the wild can have major consequences, especially in May and June during egg-laying season for some ...

A clever team at Canada’s Museum of Natural History built a LEGO mobility aid to help a turtle named Root move around with ease.

But little Root the turtle does get around on his own set of wheels. The wood turtle came to live at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax last September. Unlike most turtles, Root is missing ...

He doesn't live in a sewer, his name isn't Donatello and he doesn't ride a skateboard. But little Root the turtle does get around on his own set of wheels. The wood turtle came to live at the Museum ...