Turtle researchers in the South West have called for cross-border protection efforts, after a new study found females only spend about a fifth of their time in conservation zones. Ecologists at ...

A woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 turtles worth more than $40,000 from the United States into Canada ...

TSA agents are primarily tasked with preventing travelers from bringing potentially dangerous items onto an airplane. However ...

LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Hong Kong man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for smuggling a protect turtles species after wildlife inspectors found the animals ...

A Pennsylvania man was found concealing a live red-ear slider turtle in his pants at Newark Airport. The turtle, a popular ...

A man from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was caught trying to smuggle a live turtle in his pants through airport security. The animal was wrapped in a blue towel, under the man's clothing.

The sea turtles, ranging in size from 3 to 35 pounds, were released by the Zoo’s sea turtle team and TAMU Galveston’s Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research.

The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim, this turtle depends heavily on what little ...

A man was found concealing a live turtle in his pants at airport security. The live turtle was about 5 inches long, and wrapped in a small blue towel. The unharmed turtle was taken into possession ...

A man from Pennsylvania, was caught trying to smuggle a live turtle in his pants through airport security. The animal was wrapped in a blue towel, under the man's clothing. A Pennsylvania man ...