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 ...

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...

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 ...

Her surgery was successful, she continues to improve, and now Oneida – an ornate box turtle at Nahant Marsh, Davenport – has ...

Box turtles and painted turtles differ slightly in size, as we are about to see. Box turtles weigh between 0.5 and 2 pounds, and their average length falls between five and six inches. Painted turtles ...

A turtle in your yard might be a fun surprise, but it's important to follow certain precautions to keep the animal, you, and ...

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, having lived in an indoor, unnatural environment for decades. Post-rescue, ...

Article by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Molly Schafer, Mat Smith, Andy Tocydlowski, Maya Walker, Jim White, Kenneth Geisert and University Archives September 10, 2024 The discovery of a ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. -- The dead walk among us. Actually, they crawl. They are box turtles -- gentle, softball-size animals that can live past 100. But these land-dwelling reptiles that some Virginians ...