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 ...

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...

A resident of Hong Kong was caught while paddling across a lake from Vermont to Canada in an inflatable kayak with the Eastern box turtles in a duffle bag, according to court records. By Johnny Diaz A ...

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

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...

A Susquehanna Valley lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make the eastern box turtle Pennsylvania's official state reptile. Rep. Perry Stambaugh, R-District 86, representing Juniata and Perry ...

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 ...