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Lonely no more, Rockalina the box turtle welcomes a new friend

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Box turtles. Coral. These illegally trafficked animals still need a good home

TORRANCE, Calif. — In the back of an office building, in a small room that smells like rotting strawberries, a criminal investigator watches his evidence crawl around on wood chips in five open ...
NPR

After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Are there more box turtles in Greater Cincinnati this summer? Here's what we know

Now that it's officially summer in Greater Cincinnati, you may notice a familiar hard-shell creature: the box turtle. Eastern box turtles are most commonly found in the woodlands throughout Ohio and ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

‘Not thinking outside’ the box turtle

Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...
TwinCities.com

Commentary: The challenges of the Eastern Box Turtle

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with you ...