Ben and Joy

Katie spotted this little guy while we were walking the edge of a bean field in Marion County, Illinois. He was one of the smallest box tur...

I ran across this large guy in a shallow riffle on a larger tributary to the Kaskaskia River near Vandalia, Illinois. The third phot...

I was walking through the woods one day at the end of April, which is a wonderful time to be walking through the woods, when I heard some sp...

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) I was excited today to get to see my first Gopher Tortoise while working in Florida, on national Endan...

I had a couple more Florida reptile pictures that I wanted to put up before we go to the DR next week. Kelly and I went to the wastewater t...

We found this guy in the pond at Tribble Mill County Park near Grayson, Georgia. Quite an ornate shell, but maybe that is because he is so ...

Today was a glorious day to work outside. It was warm with a nice breeze, there were lots of flowers and the trees were leafing out, and th...

I found this guy trying to cross the road, and I took his picture before letting him loose on the other side. Possession of these handsome ...

Kelly is helping the turtle cross the road.

Meet the new member of the Hess household. I caught Tiny, a baby snapping turtle, this weekend in the Red River. His shell is about as big...