The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is home to unique species and rich marine ecosystems, including threatened sea turtles. In 2014, the country enacted a law banning the trade and possession ...

Enjoying turtle meat is becoming more popular in foreign countries and that’s eating into Iowa's turtle population. A bill limiting when Iowans can hunt and harvest turtles passed in the Iowa House.

Today is the first day in Florida that it is illegal to hunt freshwater turtles for commercial purposes. Truly the end of the era. The turtle-hunting industry has apparently been relatively booming ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week that it would be permanently ending its annual terrapin turtle hunting season after next spring’s hunt. The terrapin turtle is ...

Giant loggerhead sea turtles are putting on a show at Hunting Island, which is not unusual. But in this nesting season, double the number have deposited their eggs then departed land, in full view ...

One of the world’s most densely populated cities might seem an unlikely refuge for endangered wildlife. But behind the concrete jungle of Hong Kong, where more than 7 million people mingle in a 430 ...

Leatherback sea turtles are endangered, but there's been a flurry of recent sightings — and a few near-fatal trappings — in the Lowcountry recently. On Saturday, a leatherback sea turtle was seen ...