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

Box turtles are of the genus Terrapene, and although they are like tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall appearance, they are members of the American pond turtle family.

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into ...

The turtles have a domed shell, usually smattered with yellow patches, can have bright red eyes and while they can run, they usually don't flee from humans.

The eastern box turtle is one of the most common terrestrial (land-dwelling) turtles in the southeast. In fact, it is the ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into ...

Wildlife rehab staff at Chattahoochee Nature Center are treating a hawk struck by a car and a turtle that was attacked.

Others, like Gaston, an Eastern box turtle born without eyes who arrived as a 13-gram hatchling nearly three years ago and now weighs 435 grams, won’t ever leave the center.

In many areas, the box turtle is the only land based or terrestrial turtle species. It is not a species of tortoise, which is most likely the best-known land-based turtle-like species.

Somers holds a baby box turtle, which could live to be 100 years old. The Box Turtle Connection plans to study turtles like these for at least the next century with the help of dedicated volunteers.