Box turtles are solitary animals that do not vocalize and do not have pheromones, chemical scents, to attract other turtles. I’ve often wondered how they find each other to mate and make baby turtles.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Carolina, Lightning, Hershey, and Marshmallow are among the box turtles on display at the Santa Fe ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared that the hatching of the McCord's box turtle is "an important milestone for conservation" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

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 ...

Many turtles are finishing up their annual breeding and egg-laying cycles, which also puts them on the move. The three-toed box turtle is one of the most common turtles motorists will encounter in The ...

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 ...

My neighbor has a special affinity for turtles. For years, whenever he saw a box turtle on the highway or crossing a secondary road, he would not just move it off the pavement, he would put it into ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missourians will be enjoying the great outdoors in droves as temperatures continue to rise, but they won't be hitting the road as literally as another member of the animal kingdom. Box ...

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 ...