Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins.

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center was a part of an exceptionally uncommon box turtle hatch that has gone viral. The ...

Four Virginia-threatened Eastern Box Turtle eggs have been hatched successfully at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including one that contained twins!

This is the best possible outcome for the twin turtles,' the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke said of the ...

Discover the story of rare eastern box turtle hatchlings — including twins — and how their survival offers new hope for a threatened species in Virginia.

Finding a group of turtles on your driveway, can be either surprising or alarming for some homeowners. If this happens to you ...

Each of the tiny Eastern box turtles used their “egg tooth” to slice through their shells, poked out their tiny legs and wiggled free. But the third egg looked different, said Kayla Short, a reptile ...

Susquehanna State Park in Havre de Grace, Maryland, is the antidote to all that chaos. Nestled along the mighty Susquehanna River just before it empties into the Chesapeake Bay, this 2,753-acre ...

Since 2021, Virginia has made it illegal to keep eastern box turtles as pets, classifying them as a threatened species. Their ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has successfully hatched four Eastern Box Turtles, two of which are twins. Their mother was in recovery at the wildlife hospital when she laid her eggs. The team ...

“How old do turtles get?” is a question many have pondered, likely even before the Disney cult film “Finding Nemo.” In the film, the green sea turtle Crush is a full 150 years old and talks with ...

If you want to try something new for dinner, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends that more people eat nutria, wild pigs and other invasive species. You can hunt or fish for several on the ...