Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath ...

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 ...

The House Game and Fisheries Committee advanced a bill to establish an official state reptile. Here is what reptile and why.

The Pennsylvania House announced plans to designate the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile. The eastern box turtle, also known as Terrapene Carolina, is one of the most commonly seen ...

The eastern box turtle is facing population decline due to habitat loss. A species of turtle has taken one step closer to becoming Pennsylvania’s state reptile. The House Game and Fisheries ...

Thanks to first-grade students at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown, a species of turtle is one step closer to ...

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...

KOTA KINABALU: Studies are suggesting that the box turtle popu­lation is dwindling ... These include the eastern box turtles, the invasive red-eared turtles and the Asian leaf turtles, said ...