A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

When you think of endangered turtles, dogs likely don’t come to mind. But what if we told you one pup in particular is ...

Eastern box turtle. This species can live indoors ... They like having water to swim in and a spot to sunbathe. Wood turtle. Wood turtles grow to be 5-8 inches long, so they require a decent ...

carolina, otherwise known as an eastern box turtle, a subspecies of the common box turtle ... was one of the world’s top experts on the wood thrush, a migratory songbird. He was known for conducting ...

A decision is expected before the end of September this year. The wood turtle once maintained a wide range across eastern parts of the country, but habitat fragmentation, water quality degradation ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

The wood turtle, a medium-sized reptile native to Vermont, is known for the striking orange coloring on its neck and the inside of its legs, creating a unique, easily recognizable pattern.

Most recently, that includes one elusive giant salamander: the Eastern hellbender ... In November, Whitmer and a colleague, bog turtle technician Rosie Ronca, let me tag along on a bog visit.