FRANKLIN GROVE -- In Northwestern Illinois near Franklin Grove, there sits 4,000 acres of the Nachusa Grasslands. On Wednesday, May 18, The Chicago Zoological Society led a team of University of ...

AND NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL STATE REP TIE WITH THE ORNATE BOX TURTLE. GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS GATHERED WITH STUDENTS TODAY TO SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 JUST JOSH KRISTIANTO IS THERE AND ...

The ornate box turtle can be easily distinguished from other turtles in the region by its high-domed shell, called a carapace, and bright yellow lines, known as scutes, on top of its shell and on its ...

There are two kinds of box turtles in Oklahoma, and both are found in the Skiatook area, the ornate box turtle, also called the plains box turtle, and the three-toed box turtle. The ornate box turtle ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Caldwell, Kansas, is the Ornate Box Turtle capital of the world. The story designation dates back to 1986 when a sixth-grade class in Caldwell realized that the state of Kansas ...

GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska has a new state reptile. Gov. Ricketts proclaimed the ornate box turtle as Nebraska’s official state reptile during a ceremony Friday hosted by the Nebraska Game and ...

PONCA — Prairie and Flower may lack the physical stature of the larger reptiles living in Ponca State Park's Resource Education Center, but they now hold an elevated status over their roommates.