On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles - North ...

A man is facing jail in the USA after trying to smuggle 850 turtles worth around £1m into Hong Kong. Wei Qiang Lin, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, is accused of "falsely labelling live turtles as ...

This is not the sequel to Dr. Seuss’ “Fox in Socks.” A man from New York admitted to stuffing 850 protected turtles into socks and trying to smuggle them to Hong Kong. The value of the turtles was ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

A New York man who tried to send hundreds of live turtles falsely labeled as plastic animal toys to Hong Kong has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Wei Qiang Lin, a 55-year-old Chinese ...