Glitter and nail polish aren't glamorous for a Eastern box turtle found in Augusta County, Va. Someone painted the turtle's shell with multiple shades of polish and glitter. The name “Sheldon ...

As the weather has warmed up, Arlington's box turtle population is coming out of hibernation and making its way onto roads and lawns. That has led county naturalists to ask for the community's ...

Cape May, Naturally is a twice-monthly column about nature written by a rotating cast of experts at the New Jersey Audubon. I ...

This ingenious defense makes adult box turtles impervious to attacks by many small predators, leaving disease and automobiles as the top causes of an individual turtle's demise.

This ingenious defense makes adult box turtles impervious to attacks by many small predators, leaving disease and automobiles as the top causes of an individual turtle’s demise.

Box turtles can close the top and bottom portions of their shells together, affording them robust protection against predators.

Box turtles also have a hinged plastron (bottom shell) that allows them to close up shop in the front and rear, creating a “box” that protects their entire body from predators. Formerly, the eastern ...

The ornate box turtle got its name from its single hinge shell. It can enclose itself almost entirely to protect itself from predators. Eight other turtle species live in Nebraska.

To avoid predators and temperature extremes, box turtles spend much of their lives resting in "forms" - shallow depressions dug into the leaf mold of the forest floor.