The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is one of many wonderful turtle species native to Georgia. John Jensen, herpetologist with Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told me more about box ...

A New Jersey wildlife smuggler who acquired more than 1,000 box turtles from Oklahoma with the intent to sell them in China has been ordered to pay $350,000 in fines. William T. Gangemi, 27, of ...

In an unusual first for Iowa, uniquely-trained dogs from Montana will converge upon Johnson County this spring to round up a rare turtle species for a wildlife conservation project of Iowa City-based ...

A North Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking hundreds of endangered turtles to be sold in Asia, according to federal authorities. Jesse James Freeman, ...

One of the most common questions people ask me is what to do with baby, orphaned wildlife that they find. Recently a homeowner from Carmel asked for advice regarding two hatchling box turtles that her ...

A Jersey City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal wildlife laws by selling rare species of turtles online. Shown here are baby turtles near the El Almejal eco-lodge in El Valle in Colombia ...

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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 ...