Scientists in Hong Kong are trying to save three species of turtles, CNN reports. The turtles are being hunted for medicinal purposes and to keep as pets. Scientists wanted to keep their numbers under ...

A Texas man’s guilty plea illuminates the workings of an ambitious international wildlife smuggling ring that has targeted exotic turtles and other species. A Texas man’s guilty plea illuminates the ...

Customs officials in India seized 22 live exotic animals from a man arriving on a flight from Thailand. The seized animals included an endangered siamang gibbon, two sunda flying lemurs, two green ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese national also known as Ricky Tin, received a 30‑month prison sentence for ...

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 ...

9 45. We are back now with the Science of it. And here is first warning meteorologist Alex jealousy introducing you to box turtles. Hello everyone and welcome to the Science of it. I'm here at the ...

Article by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Molly Schafer, Mat Smith, Andy Tocydlowski, Maya Walker, Jim White, Kenneth Geisert and University Archives September 10, 2024 The discovery of a ...

Karen Deville usually looks forward to rainy days — but not just because it waters her plants. Deville is delighted that when it rains, and box turtles creep out of her yard, in Baton Rouge's ...

Chinese national Sai Keung Tin received a 30-month prison sentence for smuggling thousands of protected eastern box turtles ...