"Box turtles can take between 5 and 10 years to become sexually mature, depending on their sex and the conditions where they live," Irwin said. "They can have multiple clutches of 2 to 6 eggs per year ...

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 ...

Karen Deville usually looks forward to rainy days — but not just because it waters her plants. Deville is delighted that when it rains, and box turtles creep out of her yard, in Baton Rouge's ...

Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...

Julie Miller was hiking at the Plum Brook Conservation Area in Amherst with her son, August Miller, when he spotted this box turtle hatchling. Credit: COURTESY OF JULIE MILLER Sign up for the ...

HARWICH -- Tracking turtles isn’t as easy as one might think, but Michael Musnick, a passionate amateur herpetologist, is doing his best. Holding an antenna and receiver, Musnick sets off down one of ...

Dear Abby: I know a young newlywed couple who just had their first baby. The baby is weeks old and isn't crawling yet. My concern is that they have a box turtle for a pet in their small apartment.