Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...

Kansas wildlife officials say the ornate box turtle needs protections, and some lawmakers want to ban people from capturing or possessing the state's reptile. "House Bill 2479 would amend the ...

KOTA KINABALU: Studies are suggesting that the box turtle popu­lation is dwindling, even as they remain common pets in many households. While there is insufficient data to support this, there are ...

It's a big, bad world out there. But for one tiny turtle it clearly proved to be a little too frightening for exploration just yet. The nervous creature hatched from its egg but then stayed there for ...

Indian River Park is their natural habitat. They creep and crawl through the park — mostly unobserved — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They move silently through their surroundings. Their natural ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A 53-year-old man has been charged with turtle trafficking after wildlife inspectors at a Torrance mail facility intercepted packages containing protected eastern box turtles ...

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas is home to 16 species of turtle, but only two are land dwellers - the three-toed box turtle and the ornate box turtle. Box turtles are the only turtles in North America with a ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

The turtles are used for meat and in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with major markets in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia, mostly supplied from Indonesia. Animals are also exported as pets, ...