Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

Cape May, Naturally is a twice-monthly column about nature written by a rotating cast of experts at the New Jersey Audubon. I ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

Box turtles have high home territory fidelity and often stay in the same home range their entire lives. And speaking of their entire lives, these turtles can live upwards of 30 years.

So, you might be wondering why I would be writing about an Eastern Box Turtle in the middle of winter. The other day I was asked about how these turtles survive winter.