In this week's Zoo Buddy segment, we're meeting some of the box turtles at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.

Two other species listed as game in New York are the box turtle and the wood turtle, but there is no open season for them. The ability to fold itself up, due to a hinge on the plastron, is what gives ...

The shell is also part of a turtle’s skeleton. The upper shell is called the “carapace”, and the lower shell is called the “plastron ... turtles such as the giant musk turtle, male ...