AUSTIN, Texas— In response to a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and several Texas-based conservation organizations, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved ...

A reader on the open line was interested in this subject, so I can share a news release on an effort by several environmental organizations to end commercial turtle collection in Arkansas. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas— In response to a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and several Texas-based conservation organizations, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Tuesday agreed to ...

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 ...

BATESVILLE, AR (KAIT) - Several groups submitted a petition to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Thursday, asking for a ban on commercial turtle harvest. Arkansas Water Trails, Autobahn of Central ...

Painted turtles may soon be able to bask in the Minnesota sun on logs, rocks and shorelines with one less threat against them. After trying, unsuccessfully, for nearly 20 years to phase out commercial ...

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 ...

CRYSTAL RIVER — Florida banned commercial harvests of freshwater turtles Wednesday, saying that foreign demand threatened to damage whole turtle populations. The decision is one of the most ambitious ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- Concerned by the growing efforts of turtle harvesters to feed an Asian market's voracious appetite for turtle meat, Alabama officials imposed an emergency rule effective Sunday to ...