Report: Refusal to Ban Trapping Threatens Turtles in Nine States, Enables Illegal Trade CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nine states still allow unlimited commercial harvesting of some or all native turtle species, ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has proposed new daily catch limits for commercial turtle trapping in Iowa, drawing praise from environmental activists and scorn from trappers who make a ...

SHEFFIELD, Iowa — Using a long pole with a hook on one end, Eric Eckhardt grabs a partially submerged mesh trap and hauls it out of a farm pond. Inside are a small soft-shell turtle and a 12-pound ...

ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI - A man who was cited by the Michigan DNR for illegally setting turtle traps told the conservation officer that he was trying to collect meat for his church's upcoming wild game ...

Northern Israeli diver, who rescued two sea turtles injured by abandoned fishing line this year, reports uptick in fishing ...

A snapping turtle sits on the side of County Road waiting to cross. (Toby Talbot, AP) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Activists are pushing the Ohio Division of Natural Resources to consider limits for the number ...

It was probably the worst day of the summer to trap turtles. The weather was good and the season was right. The turtles have been out, too. People passing by Crim Dell usually can count on seeing four ...

Several conservation groups have petitioned the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to ban the trapping for sale of the state's wild turtles. The conservation groups cited concerns that unlimited ...

Biologists have been trapping turtles in southern areas of New Hampshire this summer as part of a five-state, three-year study to help figure out why some species are in decline.There are over 300 ...

More than 860 turtles have been caught, captured and rescued from the moatlike lake in front of the Phoenix Zoo over the course of nearly 20 years. Only three actually have belonged and were placed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff's officers saved a leatherback sea turtle from a crab trap Monday afternoon. A video posted to the Sheriff's Office's Facebook shows the officers ...