Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...

The next meeting of the Texas Master Naturalist - Elm Fork Chapter will host "The Care and Maintenance of Tiny Box Turtles" online at 9:30 a.m. on April 15. Hugh Franks, a master naturalist, will ...

Indian River Park is their natural habitat. They creep and crawl through the park — mostly unobserved — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They move silently through their surroundings. Their natural ...

This ingenious defense makes adult box turtles impervious to attacks by many small predators, leaving disease and automobiles as the top causes of an individual turtle's demise. It also endears it to ...

Turtles are on the move all over Arkansas, and many can be found alongside roads in rural and suburban areas thanks to a wet, relatively cool spring that created excellent foraging areas in ditches ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

This wrinkled ol' pal, found across much of the U. S., may be in decline. A huge study in North Carolina plans to track box turtles for 100 years,... How do you save the beloved box turtle? A 100-year ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...