News outlets report that veterinarians had performed surgery on the grapefruit-sized eastern box turtle found in July with fractures to the underside of his shell. Zoo veterinary extern Garrett ...

The box turtle's domed carapace is hinged at either ... Usually in May or June, as long as four years after mating, the female (her underside is flat, his slightly concave) travels, as much ...

There’s a good reason for the box turtle’s name. A hinge on the bottom of its shell lets the land-dwelling turtle pull its legs, head, and tail inside and close it up tight — like a box.

The wild Eastern box turtle was found in a local park with multiple fractures to the bottom of his shell and taken to Maryland Zoo's hospital for treatment. Vets operated on the turtle to repair ...

finds a box turtle in his backyard, turns it over and discovers it is the exact same one from all those years ago. Written on the pastron, or the underside of its shell, was 'JC' and '1965 ...