Four baby Eastern box turtles -- a species with a plummeting population in Virginia -- were recently hatched at the Southwest ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center was a part of an exceptionally uncommon box turtle hatch that has gone viral. The ...

Four Virginia-threatened Eastern Box Turtle eggs have been hatched successfully at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including one that contained twins!

Researchers used dogs to locate and track Eastern box turtles at Sarett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The dogs helped researchers capture a record number of turtles, aiming to understand ...

Rare conjoined twin turtles hatched from an egg at a wildlife center in Southwest Virginia. Staff successfully separated the pair.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...

Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife: The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is a species of hinge-shelled turtle that lives on forested land in Indiana.

Understanding movement patterns of hatchling Terrapene carolina carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) may be critical to guide conservation and management efforts since little is known about this early ...

Indian River Park is their natural habitat. They creep and crawl through the park — mostly unobserved — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They move silently through their surroundings. Their natural ...

Since 2021, Virginia has made it illegal to keep eastern box turtles as pets, classifying them as a threatened species. Their ...