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 ...

Furthermore, they put her in an environment that was more suitable for box turtles, with a floor resembling her natural habitat, covered in soft objects from the outdoors like leaves and twigs.

Dr. Anna Thonis, an ecologist and herpetologist at Stony Brook University, is beginning a new research project on the eastern box turtle at the end of May. The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt are ...

The Pennsylvania House announced plans to designate the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile. The eastern box turtle, also known as Terrapene Carolina, is one of the most commonly seen ...

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 ...