A baby McCord’s box turtle was hatched at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas, giving the species hope after going extinct in the wild. The zoo made the announcement on Facebook over the weekend ...

"McCord’s box turtles can lay clutches of one to six eggs," said host Emily Bishop. "Our female laid a single egg, and after 90 days of incubation, it successfully hatched." ...

McCord’s Box Turtles have not been seen in the wild for more than a decade, the last documented being in 2010. McCord's Box Turtle Hatching | Sedgwick County Zoo.

The McCord’s Box Turtle is believed to be extinct in the wild. Exploration Place anticipates 5 millionth visitor this weekend The last recorded sighting of the turtle in the wild was in 2010 ...

The McCord’s Box Turtle is believed to be extinct in the wild. Longtime attraction closing soon at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park The last recorded sighting of the turtle in the wild was in 2010 ...

A rare species of turtle which is extinct in the wild has hatched at a zoo in Kansas. The McCord’s box turtle was born at Sedgwick County Zoo, staff announced last Friday (13 October). “This ...

"This is McCord's box turtle," Hudson said. "It is one of the species of Asian box turtles and I guess if there is one species that is emblematic of the Asian turtle crisis this would be it." ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared that the hatching of the McCord's box turtle is "an important milestone for conservation" Getty Images/Westend61 Photo of a turtle hatching via Getty Images A zoo in ...

McCord’s box turtles, which are from China, began to decline rapidly in the 1980s when turtle collectors realized they could sell them worldwide as pets.