The turtles intercepted at a Torrance mail facility were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WENY) — Meet Rupert, an eastern box turtle you can find at the Tanglewood Nature Center! At 28 years old, ...

I don’t think you had any trouble deducing from these clues that the critter is a turtle. However, did you figure out I was referring to the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)? In many ...

The eastern box turtle is collected in enormous numbers for the illegal wildlife trade. Only a portion of this trade is detected, and when it is, wildlife agencies must decide what to do with those ...