Look what I found on the trail — an Eastern Box Turtle! 🐢🍂 These amazing turtles can completely close their shells like a box when they’re scared — it’s how they got their name! Their beautiful camouflaged shells help them blend perfectly with the forest floor. 🌳 This one’s likely a male (red eyes are a good clue 👀), but the best way to tell is by checking underneath: males have a concave shell, while females have a flat one to make room for eggs. 🥚 Box turtles don’t have webbed feet like a

Happy Monday with Blinkin', our Resident Eastern Box Turtle. Box turtles eat many kinds of plant and animal material including leafy greens, berries, mushrooms, earthworms, slugs, snails, and insects. Eastern box turtles are diurnal. During the day, they will forage for food, search for mates, and explore territory. At night, it rests in shallow forms that are scooped out at dusk. Eastern Box Turtles are a species of special concern in NJ. Meaning they need special attention because they are vul