Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio and ...

The North American box turtle, a species that has been on the continent for about 15 million years, was featured in the ...

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...

Four baby Eastern box turtles -- a species with a plummeting population in Virginia -- were recently hatched at the Southwest ...

The homeowner was moved to build a cage for the visiting Eastern box turtle's nest, which made way for hatchlings.

An ornate box turtle is seen through an archway during the exploration test of a Coe College trial. (Cameron Kolthoff/Coe College) Buy Photo Would you go sky diving? Strike up a conversation with a ...

Four Virginia-threatened Eastern Box Turtle eggs have been hatched successfully at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, ...

As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst the excitement, it's ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared that the hatching of the McCord's box turtle is "an important milestone for conservation" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...

Since 2021, Virginia has made it illegal to keep eastern box turtles as pets, classifying them as a threatened species. Their ...