The eastern box turtle is one of the most common terrestrial (land-dwelling) turtles in the southeast. In fact, it is the ...

Eastern box turtles thrive at this Benton Harbor nature center with its diverse habitats. Researchers hope to find out why.

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

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 ...

Box turtles generally live for 25 to 35 years, but they have been known to survive for more than 100 years.” Eastern box turtles can be identified by the hinged sections of their shells.

Stoick the turtle is just happy to be alive. Named after the character in the popular kids' movie "How to Train Your Dragon," Stoick is a native eastern box turtle who was hit by a car. He's under ...

Often mistaken for a slow, timid creature, the Common Snapping Turtle is far from ordinary. This aggressive predator, also known as Chelydra serpentina, is one of the most dangerous turtles on the ...

Named after the character in the popular kids' movie "How to Train Your Dragon," Stoick is a native eastern box turtle who was hit by a car. He's under the care of the Turtle Rescue Team at North ...

The big difference, again, is that this project by [Armored Turtle] is fully open source, with everything on GitHub under a GPL-3.0 license.