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Coe College researchers are measuring the demographic trajectory and population viability of the ornate box turtle species in the Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area.

Ongoing studies at Nachusa Grasslands, and other places, tells more about ornate box turtles and their place as shown by a day with Matt Allender and his team as well as John Rucker and his Boykin spaniels.

“The Marriage Pickle: Untying the Not” a comedy will be on stage 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday at Tibbits Opera House. Tickets are $7.

DDA to focus downtown revitalization on Family Experiences. Childrens Museum details discussed for 60 W. Chiacgo.

Coldwater City Council approved a $350,000 loan from the city to renovate 60 West Chicago St.

A 30-year-old woman has died of COVID-19 in NSW, and Scott Morrison marks his three year anniversary of being in Australia's top job.

73 Year Old Man the country with his unique turtle-tracking dogs help conservationists keep the populations healthy.

One hundred years ago, ornate box turtles were found in half of the 102 counties in Illinois. Now they live in only 10 counties. Dr. Matt Allender, a scientist at the Univers

John Rucker’s dogs run into the tall grass and bring back box turtles, gently laying them at his feet, unharmed.

May 14, 2021 FRANKLIN GROVE (AP) – A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. Researchers believe ornate box turtles, once living in half of Illinois’ 102 counties, are found in less than 10. One known home for the species is in Lee County, and a team from the Chicago Zoological Society and the University of Illinois spent Friday surveying the 1,500-hectare Nachusa Grasslands. A team paced through the grasses trying to spot the small turtles, ...