A tiny Eastern box turtle shows why its shell is one of its most impressive features. The expert wildlife handler explains ...

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 its ...

An ambitious long-term study of box turtles seeks to study the population across North Carolina to determine the health of the species over a hundred years. With a story about an animal that inspires ...

Slow down for a minute and meet the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s turtle-y awesome Asian box turtles! Reptile Discovery Center animal keeper, Kyle Miller, shares his experiences working with these ...

Eastern box turtles take their nest building responsibilities seriously. A female may wander for hours, sometimes days, scouting for a spot with the right thermal conditions to make a nest. Once she ...