Two other species listed as game in New York are the box turtle and the wood turtle, but there is no open season for them. The ability to fold itself up, due to a hinge on the plastron, is what gives ...

Chinese national Sai Keung Tin received a 30-month prison sentence for smuggling thousands of protected eastern box turtles from New York to Hong Kong.

These box turtles come from forests in the eastern ... The brightly patterned, roughly 5-inch shells can close on a hinge to protect the animal, which often has striking red eyes.