A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New ... because they can almost completely shut themselves up inside their shells. They live up and down the Eastern ...

A turtle named Rockalina, rescued from a New Jersey home after 50 years. She was picked up by a boy in 1977. The story of a turtle seeing sunlight for the first time after almost 50 years has left ...

“I saw he had a badly damaged flipper, and his face was a little mashed-up from a shark attack,” Papish said. The turtle was then brought to the surface by the photographer and his friends ...

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released into the Gulf of Mexico, according ...

“I saw he had a badly damaged flipper, and his face was a little mashed-up from a shark attack,” Papish said. Papish and his friends with Sundance WaterSports took the turtle to the ...