As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s ...

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath her claws. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

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 ...

FILE - A male Eastern Box Turtle moves across a path at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary in Harrisburg, Pa., May 2, 2009. Carolyn Kaster / AP. Rockalina is an eastern box turtle.

A Susquehanna Valley lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make the eastern box turtle Pennsylvania's official state reptile. Rep. Perry Stambaugh, R-District 86, representing Juniata and Perry ...

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

With World Turtle Day approaching on May 23, the DEC said New Yorkers should just leave eastern box turtles alone. Drive carefully throughout the spring and summer, and help them cross the road ...

A federal judge sentenced Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese citizen, to nearly three years in prison for his role in smuggling protected eastern box turtles out of the U.S.

The eastern box turtle, a subspecies of the common box turtle, is native to sections of the eastern and midwestern United States and Canada. The turtles often feature colorful markings, making ...

A 54-year-old man tried to send 40 eastern box turtles back to his Hong Kong home, according to the indictment. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Sunday, June 22nd 2025 ...