Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with y… ...

Let’s celebrate by learning about our three most common turtle species here in Western North Carolina. First is the eastern box turtle. These small turtles live on land and are some of the most ...

The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle and can be found in forested regions of the eastern U.S., though there are isolated populations in the Midwest.

Eastern box turtle at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The zoo is raising the turtles so they can be released into the wild when they're older to help Michigan's turtle ...

“The spotted turtle, the Eastern box turtle, the Blanding’s turtle or the wood turtle. If those happen to nest in your yard, we would really, really like to know that,” she said.