There’s a good reason for the box turtle’s name. A hinge on the bottom of its shell lets the land-dwelling turtle pull its legs, head, and tail inside and close it up tight — like a box. When I was a ...

All turtles are able to snap, but not every turtle is a snapping turtle. You can identify the two most common species by ...

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

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 ...

More than 160 box turtles illegally dumped near the Rahway River in Cranford last week have been recovered, township officials said. The total of 125 eastern box turtles and 37 three-toed box turtles ...