Jennifer Sevin is a co-founder and serves on the steering committee of the Collaborative to Combat the Illegal Trade in Turtles. Hatchling turtles are cute, small and inexpensive. Handled improperly, ...

Thousands of eggs and animals are lost each year to turtle hunters, and WWF-Malaysia is pushing for a total ban on the trade of eggs for all species of turtles. In the meantime, solutions envisioned ...

At a distance, I’ve watched poachers landing on remote beaches in the Pacific. I’ve felt helpless knowing what the end result will be. I’ve worked with community turtle monitors to approach them to ...

Four men involved in an international wildlife smuggling operation with S.C. connections entered guilty pleas in federal court Wednesday for their roles in a scheme to illegally buy and sell rare ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia — Conservation foundations on the Indonesian island of Bali raised concerns in February over the volume of live sea turtles seized from traffickers so far this year. “The number of ...

The attractive turtle, once wanted for its meat, is now an increasingly popular pet and favoured among wildlife smugglers with many turtles observed for sale in Asian markets or in online trade. Black ...

The Bangladesh Forest Department recently confiscated a large shipment of freshwater turtles from smugglers in the capital city. Experts say the consumer base for freshwater turtles is expanding in ...

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...

Hatchling turtles are cute, small and inexpensive. Handled improperly, they also can make you sick. Turtles are well-known carriers of salmonella, a common bacterial disease that causes fever, stomach ...

Seizures of large consignments of live turtles in northwest Bali in January have raised concerns among conservationists that trade in the protected species may remain pervasive despite recent progress ...