BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Federal prosecutors have charged a man with illegally importing the head of a green sea turtle — a species protected under CITES and the Endangered Species Act. The ...

Two organizations say a State Department fisheries certification program designed to ensure international trawlers use sea turtle excluder devices has failed to net bad actors. Two U.S. shrimping ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Two years after border officials discovered live turtles, turtle eggs and equipment to breed turtles in packages marked as "children's building blocks," a Calgary man has been fined $35,000 for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snapping turtle is seen in this 2013 file photo. Snapping turtles were among various kinds of turtles an Alberta resident was ...