A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted ...

Tortoises and box turtles have domed-shaped shells. ©iStock.com/GoDogPhoto The key differences between a box turtle and a tortoise are their features, habitat, diet ...

vector box turtle in black and white A vector illustration of a box turtle in black and white. Box turtles are land turtles and are found in the woods and forests of North America. Black And White ...

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 ...

The ornate box turtle, the state reptile of Kansas, is the next topic of the Smoky Hill Museum First Thursday Presentation. "Kansas ornate box turtles ... and their Home on the range," begins at 5 ...

Male box turtles have red eyes while females have yellow or brown eyes. And many male water turtles have long front claws they use in courtship displays. Males of many species also have longer and ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The transition from the winter season to the spring season brings out the desert box turtle, also known as the ornate box turtle. Ornate box turtle sightings become more common ...

While they live in water and swim effortlessly, you are distinctly a slow, land-based creature. I don’t think you had trouble deducing from these clues that the critter is a turtle. However, did you ...

Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio ...

I don’t begrudge them their brilliant writing — I’m grateful for their brilliant writing — but I deeply envy their box turtle neighbors, whose frequent appearances are such a source of ...