The three-toed box turtles, Missouri’s state reptile, crawled and rested somewhere in the woods and under the brush.The pack of floppy-eared, chocolate brown Boykin spaniels, here all the way from ...

FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. -- Some dogs find joy in bones and treats. For John Rucker’s seven Boykin spaniels, they are excited about praise after finding ornate box turtles. “I'm the only person in the ...

Seven Boykin spaniels trained to sniff out turtles by their owner John Rucker helped the Saint Louis Zoo find and tag the box turtles living at the zoo's new WildCare Park These dogs have a nose for ...

Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...

FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. — Some dogs find joy in bones and treats. For John Rucker’s seven Boykin spaniels, they are excited about praise after finding ornate box turtles. “I’m the only person in the ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The three-toed box turtles, Missouri’s state reptile, crawled and rested somewhere in the woods and under the brush. The pack of floppy-eared, chocolate brown Boykin spaniels, here ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The three-toed box turtles, Missouri’s state reptile, crawled and rested somewhere in the woods and under the brush. The pack of ...

John Rucker was a high school English teacher in North Carolina when he stumbled upon something interesting: Whenever he took his two dogs hiking, they would run into the tall grass and bring him back ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A nonprofit dedicated to sea turtle conservation says an upcoming Brevard County proposal might put sea turtles at risk. Brevard County to discuss opening Archie Carr refuge to ...

HELENA, MT (KTVH) — In many Midwestern states a species of turtle, called ornate box turtles, is in danger, whether from habitat loss or harvest. To help protect the remaining reptiles, scientists and ...