Prosecutors claim the turtles were falsely labeled as captive-bred to obtain overseas export permits for the exotic pet trade ...

A Louisiana man is accused of poaching and trafficking more than 1,800 protected turtles in a $550,000 international scheme.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say they’ve arrested two men for poaching thousands of turtles and selling them. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release ...

Prosecutors said a man from Daly City bought loggerhead musk turtles poached from the wild in Florida and other states from ...

A California man faces federal prison time after authorities busted an alleged scheme to smuggle nearly 300 protected turtles ...

ASHEVILLE – Conservation biologist JJ Apodaca and his Asheville-based organization, Tangled Bank Conservation, are working to save two of the most poached turtle species in the United States, which ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small turtle held by a gloved hand a cardboard box containing cloth bags in the background A Louisiana man has been federally ...