The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

A Box Turtle’s range is probably several acres in size. Females will wander farther in search of a nesting site. Turtles go into a torpid state called “brumation” during winter.

Box turtles have high home territory fidelity and often stay in the same home range their entire lives. And speaking of their entire lives, these turtles can live upwards of 30 years.

To start off, dozens of North Carolina baby sea turtles have hatched at the southern Outer Banks at Cape Lookout National ...