There are multiple breeds of domesticated turtle that you can buy, but you need to make sure you are choosing the right breed for your particular setup ... build a suitable habitat and encourage ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service must designate protected critical habitat for green sea turtles under a new legal agreement with ...

Tortoises, however, are often good swimmers. Turtles are among the most endangered vertebrates. Habitat destruction, illegal collection, water contamination, and massive harvesting of wild turtles are ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles from Vermont to Canada. Eastern box ...

In an undisclosed New Jersey location, there's a sanctuary for turtles intercepted in the process of being trafficked, and a ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced final critical habitat protection today for the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle. These highly aquatic turtles are found only in Pima County, ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles, a protected wildlife species, across a lake from ...

resident turtle habitat use or when nesting turtles return to their foraging grounds. NOAA Fisheries also uses the data collected from the Honu Count to determine the resilience of the Hawaiian ...

The agents searched her heavy duffle bag and found 29 live eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks, the affidavit states. Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is ...