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 at ...

The red eyes of the “SAVE the BOX TURTLE” on Aug. 17 instantly compelled my attention. In June 1993, I thought I saw a rock in the middle of the road, however the rock moved and I stopped to see. It ...

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new research published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Analyzing years of field ...

A turtle who somehow shucked off his transmitter and absconded from a western Pennsylvania sanctuary was found 20 miles away more than three years later. The Tamarack Wildlife Center said this summer, ...

A rare pair of Eastern box turtle twins separated at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center are continuing to grow months ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A research project that’s the joint effort of several institutions across Middle Tennessee aimed at better understanding how Eastern Box Turtles navigate the Central Basin ...

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A homeowner was in for a surprise when they discovered an Eastern box turtle digging a hole in their garden. The ...