A Susquehanna Valley lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make the eastern box turtle Pennsylvania's official state reptile. Rep. Perry Stambaugh, R-District 86, representing Juniata and Perry ...

“We decided to use this opportunity to learn as much as we can about these animals,” Tuberville said. In general, box turtles in the wild don’t roam very far away from the nests where they ...

Thanks to first-grade students at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown, a species of turtle is one step closer to ...

Despite the good news, the problem of sea turtles dying after accidentally becoming entangled in fishing gear remains a major ...

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 ...

Box turtles generally live for 25 to 35 years ... Pennsylvania’s state animal is the white-tailed deer.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed a bill that would make the Eastern Box Turtle Pennsylvania’s official state reptile. House Bill 401, created by Rep. Perry Stambaugh ...