Sometimes animated turtles seem to live inside their shells like it’s a tiny home. They may even hop out of the shell and run ...

Thomas Akre, head of the Turtle Conservation Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

But it’s what happens after the shell opens that first earned legislators’ interest back in 1979, when North Carolina became ...

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 ...

Box turtles generally live for 25 to 35 years, but they have been known to survive for more than 100 years.” Eastern box turtles can be identified by the hinged sections of their shells.

Box turtles also have a hinged plastron (bottom shell) that allows them to close up shop in the front and rear, creating a “box” that protects their entire body from predators. Formerly, the eastern ...

Adult box turtles are relatively safe from most natural predators because of their ability to close the bottom portion of their shells. These hinges box them in giving them their name. The loss of ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Tangelo the box turtle from the Scovill Zoo visited the WAND news studio on June 25. Tangelo was found in a conservation area and enjoys peeking out of his shell to interact ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — A pregnant turtle needs your help to find her way home. An Eastern box turtle, estimated to be about 10 years old, was left at a drop off area at Red Creek Wildlife Center in ...

Box turtles also have a hinged plastron (bottom shell) that allows them to close up shop in the front and rear, creating a “box” that protects their entire body from predators. Formerly, the eastern ...