Meet the cutest conservationists you'll ever see: boykin spaniels—aka turtle dogs—specially trained to help researchers find and study elusive ornate box turtles. 🐕 🐢 For the past nine years, TNC’s Nachusa Grasslands has served as a living laboratory for researchers from the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Brookfield Zoo Chicago to continuously study turtles and their population trends. The turtle dogs’ keen sense of smell and soft mouths make t

Eastern Box Turtle Care and Habitat Guide