By the turn of the 20th century, overharvesting had left the terrapin population teetering on the brink. Once available for a few dollars a dozen, the cost of the now hard-to-find terrapin ...

Turtles are one of the most imperiled groups of animals on the planet. Habitat loss is probably their biggest threat; when a wetland is drained, a field paved over, or a nesting beach overrun with ...

State wildlife officials have charged three men in central Florida with illegally harvesting, selling and buying 2,100 pounds of freshwater turtles. Skip to content NOWCAST WESH 2 News at 11 PM ...

Green sea turtles are classified as an endangered species, currently threatened by overharvesting of their eggs, hunting of adults, fishing gear, and a loss of nesting beach sites. They don’t ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission banned the commercial harvest of all native wild turtles in 2009, citing the overharvesting of turtles as food elsewhere in the world.

David Sells, who nets wild turtles and raises others on his farm near Washington, said he sees no decline in turtle numbers in Iowa. "I started in 1989, and I think the population is higher than ...