Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath ...

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 ...

Stambaugh writes in his bill that the eastern box turtle can be found in rural, suburban and urban habitats in shrubby grasslands, marshy meadows, open woodlands and along forest edges. It’s often ...

Federal authorities seized Tin at John F. Kennedy Airport for aiding and abetting turtle smuggling across the U.S. He was part of an international smuggling organization that trafficked the eastern ...

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...

COULD EVEN SEE A FEW SNOWFLAKES WITH RAIN SHOWERS IN THE Stambaugh said, "The eastern box turtle can be found across the Commonwealth in rural, suburban, and even urban habitats: shrubby ...

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. The ...

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. The House Game and Fisheries ...