Thousands of eggs and animals are lost each year to turtle hunters, and WWF-Malaysia is pushing for a total ban on the trade of eggs for all species of turtles. In the meantime, solutions envisioned ...

A basking Red-eared Slider Turtle photographed on Walney Pond, Ellanor C Lawrence Park, Fairfax County, Virginia.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/DavidByronKeener) Virginia ...

Lake Wallace, an international body of water stretching between Vermont and Canada, has historically been used for human and narcotics smuggling — and now animals, authorities say. In June, a Chinese ...

Authorities of the Control and Protection Program of the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA) of Corcovado National Park, part of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), detained two people ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Gray News) – A man from Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking turtles, according to the Department of Justice. Authorities said Stanlee Fazi admitted to collecting ...

Jennifer Sevin is a co-founder and serves on the steering committee of the Collaborative to Combat the Illegal Trade in Turtles. Hatchling turtles are cute, small and inexpensive. Handled improperly, ...

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...

A new study from Terengganu, Malaysia, has shed light on the effectiveness and challenges of using an egg buy-back scheme under a turtle egg concession system to protect endangered green turtles ...

The Bangladesh Forest Department recently confiscated a large shipment of freshwater turtles from smugglers in the capital city. Experts say the consumer base for freshwater turtles is expanding in ...

Federal permits are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Texas permits by the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...