a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick kitchen floor, eating cat food ...

An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

Eastern box turtles have a vibrant color ... Turtles hatch, mature and even die slowly and will eat until their final days. Leone was prepared for the reality that Rockalina’s promising signs ...