Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with ...

eastern box turtles, eastern painted turtles, snapping turtles, spotted turtles and of course, diamondback terrapins, the official state reptile and mascot of the University of Maryland.

The State and Local Government Committee held public hearings today on bills that would make some Maine critters more known.

However, did you figure out I was referring to the Eastern Box Turtle ... they enter a state of inactivity that is like hibernation but technically is not hibernation. When reptiles, like turtles ...