Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, having lived in an indoor, unnatural environment for decades. Post-rescue, ...

Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles.

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at ...

The preserve said it's not looking for "punish" whoever took the turtle, they just want her back.

Ambassador animal Michelle, an Easter box rescue turtle, was outside at the preserve's Nature Playscape on April 3 when she ...

The Conestee Nature Preserve said one of their rescue box turtles was reportedly taken. Staff said one of their ambassador ...

A man charged with smuggling endangered native SC turtles to China was arraigned in federal court Tuesday for international wildlife trafficking.

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

Karen Deville usually looks forward to rainy days — but not just because it waters her plants. Deville is delighted that when it rains, and box turtles creep out of her yard, in Baton Rouge's ...