The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s ...

FILE - A male Eastern Box Turtle moves across a path at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary in Harrisburg, Pa., May 2, 2009. ... But their numbers have dwindled, thanks to habitat loss, ...

A pregnant turtle needs your help to find her way home. An Eastern box turtle, estimated to be about 10 years old, was left ...

The eastern box turtle is facing population decline due to habitat loss. A species of turtle has taken one step closer to becoming Pennsylvania’s state reptile.

Researchers at North Carolina State University want residents in the Triangle area to be cautious of turtles crossing the ...

The eastern box turtle, also known as Terrapene Carolina, is one of the most commonly seen turtles in the wild and can be found across the Commonwealth in rural, suburban and urban habitats.

Stambaugh said, "The eastern box turtle can be found across the Commonwealth in rural, suburban, and even urban habitats: shrubby grasslands, marshy meadows, open woodlands, and field forest edges.

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.

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for ...