Coahuilan box turtles spend approximately 90% of their lives in water, only emerging to bask or lay eggs. They feature a hinged plastron (lower shell) that can close completely to protect them from ...

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

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

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 ...

A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Rockalina the turtle was kept ...

Authorities are searching for a man who was captured on video reaching into a tank and stealing a turtle from a Spring pet store.

But little Root the turtle does get around on his own set of ... Early on, they noticed that as Root was tootling around, he was scraping his plastron, or bottom shell, on the floor.

Common turtles spotted on roads include three-toed box turtles, ornate box turtles, red-eared sliders, painted turtles, Mississippi mud turtles and even snapping turtles. Turtles emerge from their ...

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... After nearly 50 years cooped up inside ...

Turtles often become victim to being hit by a car during the warmer months as they try to make it across the road to hunt for food and mates. According to MDC, drivers hit thousands of box turtles ...

It took 48 years for Rockalina to get a taste of earthworm. The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside a New York home, never once venturing outside. Her nails curled into her feet ...

Vehicles are one of the leading threats box turtles face in Missouri. The Conservation Department says thousands of box turtles are killed each year by vehicles. If you’re helping a turtle make ...