The three-toed box turtles is the state reptile of Missouri. As temperatures rise, thousands of them will begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Every year, Jeff Briggler ...

Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to cross Missouri's roads to do it. Every year, Jeff Briggler sees the same ...

Every year, Jeff Briggler sees the same three-toed box turtle. “In Callaway County, where I live, I found where this box turtle (spends the winter), and it’s a small depression in the woods,” he said.