Largest Ornate Box Turtle research study conducted in Nachusa Grasslands By: Kelsey Anderson May 25, 2022 Updated May 25, 2022 0 ...

The primary navigational tool that guides a box turtle’s travels is memory. The seasonal ranges of box turtles are often quite small — sometimes as small as several acres.

But eastern box turtle supporters prevailed, and on March 19, 1979, the General Assembly read and ratified the whimsically worded document declaring the turtle North Carolina’s official state ...

Once larger dimensions are attained, a box turtle comes out of its shell, so to speak, and wanders more actively. Not far, though — the average home range is probably 5 acres.

An eastern box turtle thought to be about 72 years old surfaced again last week on the same Dauphin County farm where a brother and sister first encountered it in 1967, more than a half-century ago.

The ornate box turtle is the subject of fieldwork this week in western Lee County, part of the 15th year of a box turtle health survey — the largest and longest in North America, researchers say.

What: Box Turtle Day at The North Carolina Arboretum. When: 1:30-4:30 p.m. May 31. Cost: Event is free; parking is $12 per passenger car, free for members. Details: You’d be hard-pressed to find ...

This wrinkled ol' pal, found across much of the U. S., may be in decline. A huge study in North Carolina plans to track box turtles for 100 years, to learn how to best protect them.

Some day, one of them might end up as a volunteer for the Box Turtle Connection project, which still has 86 years to go. And, if so, maybe one of them will live long enough to see the opening of a ...

If you wish to have a box turtle as a pet, make sure that it was captive-reared, not wild-caught, though both are illegal in Indiana. If you encounter an injured box turtle that needs medical ...