The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

Sitting in front of a monitor with a technician from the Smithsonian, I am watching the progress of Turtle 4004, known as ...

A box turtle with scars from a past injury was spotted crossing a road, highlighting the dangers turtles face during their ...

Certain types of turtles can live very long lives and require a range of ultra-specific diet essentials. Recently, a box turtle named Rockalina appeared in the news, sadly for the neglected life ...

They are known as box turtles because they can almost completely shut themselves up inside their shells. They live up and down the Eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida, and and as far west as Texas.

Every spring, thousands of turtles begin their yearly search for places to forage, mate and lay eggs. Sometimes they have to ...

Box turtles generally live for 25-35 years but have been known to survive for more than 100 years old." Stambaugh said the turtle is becoming an at-risk species, experiencing population declines.

He reports turtles generally live 25 to 35 years, but have been known to survive for more than 100 years. They have a unique characteristic to keep them safe. When in danger, the eastern box ...

Box turtles generally live for 25 to 35 years, but they have been known to survive for more than 100 years.” House Game and Fisheries Committee Chairwoman Anita Astorino Kulik, D-Allegheny ...

If not crushed by a car tire, they can and often do live for many decades," the DNR said. Box turtles can surpass a century in age; the oldest known box turtle lived to be 138 years old ...