The nonprofit Natural Lands celebrated the permanent preservation of a "small but important property" in Lehigh County atop ...

as its population is declining due to habitat fragmentation. He argues that making the turtle the state reptile would significantly help with conservation efforts. Pennsylvania’s state animal is ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — The Pennsylvania House announced plans to designate the eastern box turtle as the official ... population decline due to habitat fragmentation, roadway traffic and ATV ...

The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile. The eastern box turtle is facing population decline due to habitat loss. A species of turtle ...

"She's gotten big, so we are working to get her a new updated turtle tank and an updated habitat for her to live at here at the nature center,"Nusstein said. Volunteers at the park have been ...

HABITAT: The spotted turtle occupies a wide variety of shallow wetland habitats ... New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia.