State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...
Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...
(WHTM) — A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed a bill that would make the Eastern Box Turtle Pennsylvania’s official state reptile. House Bill 401, created by Rep. Perry Stambaugh (R-Perry/Juniata), would ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.
Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — I admit it: I’m jealous of my writing-group partners, Mary Laura Philpott ...
When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...
Over the years Pennsylvania has appointed an assemblage of flora and fauna to be official representatives of the commonwealth. To that end, a congregation of various critters have risen to that lofty ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants ...