FRENCHTOWN — NJ.com readers were right: A common snapping turtle, not a threatened wood turtle, was removed from a stream bank restoration project and relocated to a safer area last week.

With his brow furrowed, Tom, 70, stomps on the damp leaf litter — thump, thump, thump, thump — and then we wait. A woodpecker cackles; bluebells tremble in the breeze. Stumpy is nowhere to be ...

“Steps involved in this wood turtle project include searching stream habitats to find wood turtles, tracking movement patterns . . . and identifying unoccupied areas where wood turtles might ...

The wood turtle, a medium-sized reptile native to Vermont, is known for the striking orange coloring on its neck and the inside of its legs, creating a unique, easily recognizable pattern.

A Moncton group is working to save the threatened wood turtle, but says finding the elusive turtle can be almost as hard as finding funding for the research. Christine McLauchlan, the executive ...

Early one June morning, she picked the perfect spot to lay a bundle of eggs on the bank of the Cedar River — one of the few places in Iowa where her kind, the wood turtle, can still make a home.

By the time the wood turtle gets to Asia, it’s being sold for anywhere from $1,000 to $1,700” apiece. After receiving wire transfer payments from Hong Kong, Treigle would make withdrawals and ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In an undisclosed location south of the Twin Cities, Minnesota Zoo conservation biologist Tricia Markle is hunting for wood turtles. Even with an antenna tracking the turtle’s ...