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

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

Box turtles also have to contend with illicit collecting from the wild for the pet trade and black-market cuisine. Many states that are home to Eastern box turtles have conferred some degree of ...

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

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 ...