An eastern box turtle thought to be about 72 years old surfaced again last week on the same Dauphin County farm where a brother and sister first encountered it in 1967, more than a half-century ago.

They recognized it by a mark they placed on the shell in 1967, when it was already full grown. While box turtles reach sexual maturity at about 4 years, they do not reach their full adult size ...

There are believed to be 15 keeled box turtles in zoos across Europe ... which is something we weren't expecting." When fully grown, the turtles will be about the size of a side-plate and weigh ...

Through my years of fieldwork, I’ve probably encountered several hundred box turtles, but they’v e all been adults or almost fully grown. Thus, it was a treat to be in on the recent discovery ...

The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside a New ... He estimated the turtle was a fully grown adult, about 15 to 20 years old, when she was plucked from the wild in 1977 by a little ...

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But once they're fully grown, the can be over three feet long. Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel.