Turtles are among the longest-living animals on the planet, with some species capable of living for over 100 years and ...

the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and South Carolina residents, this bipartisan measure will end years of extensive poaching, which was a particular threat to freshwater ...

After years of steady gains, a decades-long conservation program dedicated to the Kemp's ridley hits rough seas ...

Four Chinese fishing vessels have been recently apprehended for poaching of sea turtles inside the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines - Four Chinese fishing ...

Ramos told police he poached the abalone near Elk in Mendocino ... officials said. The pond turtle, a native species, was turned over to animal control and later released into the wild.

“The skull belonged to a green sea turtle, a federally listed endangered species illegal ... The CDFW asks anyone with information about poaching or polluting to call its toll-free CALTIP number ...

It is also one of the continent’s most imperiled turtles: Its southern population has declined by at least 50% in the past two decades, and fewer than 2,000 individuals are left. Habitat destruction ...

The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is threatened with extinction. They face threats from coastal development, tourism and illegal poaching for meat, as well as from entrapment in fishing nets.