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.

While box turtles reach sexual maturity at about 4 years, they do not reach their full adult size until about 20 years. So, that would make the boxie at least 20-years-old in 1967 and at least 71 ...

The zoo has spent 12 years trying to breed keeled box turtles and staff there are "really thrilled". ... When fully grown, the turtles will be about the size of a side-plate and weigh up to 1kg.

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 ...

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 boy with disabilities who found her while playing outside and ...

Rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo 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 ...

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 ...