Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month.

Rockalina the eastern box turtle's remarkable recovery 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 ...

Rockalina the eastern box turtle enjoys the outdoors for the first time in nearly 50 years. Garden State Tortoise Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in ...

Formerly, the eastern box turtle’s range extended from southern Maine and New Hampshire, across to the upper Midwest, and then down to Texas and North Florida. Today, their foothold in northern New ...

Eversource said endangered species, like the eastern box turtle, could be closer than you think and maybe even in your backyard. If you spot one, the best thing to do is to report it to state ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state ...

Rockalina the eastern box turtle enjoys the outdoors for the first time in nearly 50 years.

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... After nearly 50 years cooped up inside ...