The General Assembly of the Commonwealth has designated the eastern box turtle as the official state reptile. The eastern box ...

KOTA KINABALU: Studies are suggesting that the box turtle popu­lation is dwindling, even as they remain common pets in many households. While there is insufficient data to support this ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese national also known as Ricky Tin, received a 30‑month prison sentence for smuggling protected eastern box turtles—native to New York—back ...

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles — a protected species, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tin, also known as Ricky Tin ...

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 ...

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.

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles — a protected species, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tin, also known as Ricky Tin, was ...

In June 2023, inspectors found four packages containing 40 eastern box turtles and intercepted them at an international mail facility in Torrance. He pleaded guilty to all four federal charges in ...

A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration.