CHARLESTON, S.C.— Nine states still allow unlimited commercial harvesting of some or all native turtle species, contributing to export practices that threaten the survival of wild populations, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - State game regulators are accepting public comments through mid-November on a proposal to further curb turtle trapping in Arkansas. Last year, a national conservation group ...

One of the resident turtles swims in the holding pond at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. July 7, 2009. A South Carolina man illegally trapped, then shipped hundreds of freshwater turtles from ...

After 20 years of trying to phase out commercial turtle trapping in Minnesota, lawmakers have banned the practice. Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation May 24 that outlaws commercial turtle trapping ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...