Dr. Anna Thonis, an ecologist and herpetologist at Stony Brook University, is beginning a new research project on the eastern box turtle at the end of May. The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt are ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game ...

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth has designated the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile. The eastern box turtle, also known as Terrapene Carolina, is one of the most commonly seen ...

A Susquehanna Valley lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make the eastern box turtle Pennsylvania's official state ...