Leatherback sea turtles are one of the most migratory animals on Earth and are known to pass through Hawaii’s deep sea during their transoceanic migration. This is a picture of a nesting site outside ...

TOLEDO (AP) — Before you can study turtles, you have to first find them, and in an environment of hardwood forests, densely covered ground and damp bottomlands such as those at Oak Openings and some ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa-- A group of Boykin Spaniels is helping a threatened species one hunt at a time. The dogs from Montana are specially trained to sniff out and retrieve turtles. "They spontaneously ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance ...

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 ...