There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red ...

As the warm days of spring arrive, turtles begin searching for mates. Soon, they’ll be out searching for suitable nesting spots as well.

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department ...

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

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

The eastern box turtles, known for the vivid yellow-orange markings on their shells, were bound from the East Coast for Hong Kong and were intercepted in Torrance, prompting the case to be ...

The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting authorities.

The turtles were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move and alert authorities, officials said. The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle and is ...

A box of ashes mysteriously found in Geelong have been returned to its owner, more than a week after they were discovered at a local beach. The 20-year-old cremated remains of Jozsef Pacza were ...

If it seems to be in some type of distress such as it’s stuck in a window box around your house or it’s on ... are permitted ...

If it seems to be in some type of distress such as it’s stuck in a window box around your house ... of a select group of native turtles. Those include the eastern musk, eastern painted, eastern ...