Eastern box turtles are declining due to slow reproduction, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and agricultural hazards. Researchers track turtles using radio telemetry and GPS loggers to map ...

As the unofficial start to summer approaches with the long-awaited holiday weekend, people are eagerly anticipating the warmer weather and outdoor activities. However, amidst the excitement, it's ...

A man charged with smuggling endangered native SC turtles to China was arraigned in federal court Tuesday for international wildlife trafficking.

Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles — North ...

A Chinese citizen has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for smuggling more than 2,000 turtles from the U.S. to Hong Kong over about five years, federal prosecutors said. Sai Keung Tin, 54, was ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...