Leone and the rest of the crew at Garden State Tortoise received a call from the boy's relative asking for help. In photos, Rockalina looked different than most eastern box turtles, which are ...

Spread the loveAn eastern box turtle has a new life, after spending at least 50 of her years living on a tiled kitchen floor.

When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center based in New ... Leone said. Rockalina is an eastern box turtle. The brightly colored reptiles were once plentiful throughout parts of the ...

Snakes aren’t the only animals that hiss; certain tortoises do, too. If something startles or provokes a sulcata tortoise, it ...

An army is on the move. It’s the turtles migrating from their winter hibernation spots to areas more conducive for breeding and egg-laying. This migration often requires turtles to traverse roadways, ...

The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside ... “We’ve seen a lot of rough stuff when it comes to turtles and tortoises, primarily because they’re one of the easiest animals to ...

NORTHDALE, Fla. — Video shared to 10 Tampa Bay from a couple in Northdale appears to show a tortoise getting out of a tough situation, all with a little help from a "friend." At least that's ...

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 ...

Rockalina the eastern box turtle when she was first rescued by Garden State Tortoise. Garden State Tortoise When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center based in New Jersey ...

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty ... A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for ...