The eastern box turtle, recognizable by its dark brown or black shell with yellow streaks, is usually found in the woodlands throughout Ohio.

Two children hold a female eastern box turtle in this early 20th century photograph. Despite popular interest in box turtles for over a century, scientists don't know how populations have changed ...

Cape May, Naturally is a twice-monthly column about nature written by a rotating cast of experts at the New Jersey Audubon. I ...

Two children hold a female eastern box turtle in this early 20th century photograph. Despite popular interest in box turtles for over a century, scientists don't know how populations have changed ...

Additionally, this healthy female box turtle is carrying four eggs, and was probably looking for somewhere safe to lay them when she was found.

Doug Huntman got his turtle when he was 12. “Obviously I have a lot of gray hair on my face now,” he says. “I'm 55, so that ...

Box turtles are of the genus Terrapene, and although they are like tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall appearance, they are members of the American pond turtle family.

A good day for ornate box turtles, the people studying them and Boykin spaniels Ongoing studies at Nachusa Grasslands, and other places, tells more about ornate box turtles and their place as ...