Species Overview. Common Name: Common box turtle Scientific Name: Terrapene Carolina Adult Size: 4 to 7 inches Life Expectancy: 20 to 40 years (or longer) Common Box Turtle Behavior and ...

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s ...

The box turtle is on the verge of becoming Pennsylvania’s official state reptile. By Tom Tatum. UPDATED: July 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM EDT.

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

Veterinarian Greg Lewbart founded the Turtle Rescue Team in 1996. He's a professor of aquatic wildlife and zoological medicine at NC State. He said the state's rapid growth has made life a lot ...