On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under ...

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 ...

A box turtle never forgets. Missourians will see many signs of a box turtle’s reliance on memory in the weeks ahead when people will observe turtle crossing roads throughout the region. These turtle ...

Arkansas is home to 16 turtle species. Only two, the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle, are land dwellers. Box turtles are the only turtles in North America with a flexible hinge on ...

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new ...

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is one of many wonderful turtle species native to Georgia. John Jensen, herpetologist with Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told me more about box ...

An eastern box turtle thought to be about 72 years old surfaced again last week on the same Dauphin County farm where a brother and sister first encountered it in 1967, more than a half-century ago.

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...

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 ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Carolina, Lightning, Hershey, and Marshmallow are among the box turtles on display at the Santa Fe ...