I found my first one of 2018 in early April — a three-toed box turtle trying to make its way across a busy rural highway. The poor reptile was having a difficult time. Frightened by the vehicles ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

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 are the most common terrestrial turtle in the eastern United States. They're the only “land” turtle found in New Jersey, meaning they do not spend much of their time in water, like other ...

While evaluating the environmental impact of an anticipated mountain bike trail, US Forest Service and Ohio University wildlife intern Kyle Brooks keeps coming across Eastern box turtles. “I was ...