The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

The weather is warmer, and it is now getting into that time of year where you might see some more turtles or tortoises roaming around.

They are known as box turtles because they can almost completely shut themselves up inside their shells. They live up and down the Eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida, and and as far west as Texas.

In photos, Rockalina looked different than most eastern box turtles, which are brightly colored with blacks, browns and yellows and have sharp beak-like mouths. The over 60-year-old girl instead ...