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 ...

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 ...

Thanks to first-grade students at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown, a species of turtle is one step closer to ...

“Unfortunately, the eastern box turtle is becoming an at-risk species, experiencing population declines across most of its range due to a variety of factors. A lot of it is related to habitat ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — The General Assembly of the Commonwealth has designated the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile. The eastern box turtle, also known as Terrapene Carolina ...