Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...

An ornate box turtle is seen through an archway during the exploration test of a Coe College trial. (Cameron Kolthoff/Coe College) Buy Photo Would you go sky diving? Strike up a conversation with a ...

COAL VALLEY -- The turtle is tiny, but it's part of a big mission. Niabi Zoo is raising an ornate box turtle through a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conservation program. The turtle, which hatched in ...