State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The ...

The resolution mainly prioritizes the protection of Virginia’s native turtle species — considered one of the most vulnerable groups of vertebrates worldwide — which face significant ...

Virginia wildlife-protection laws makes it illegal to take any turtle species from the wild and sell them, and a federal law makes it a federal crime to violate state wildlife laws. Fazi's ...

In Virginia, prosecutors said Fazi sold turtles ... Most of them, court documents state, were eastern box turtles — a species named for the turtles’ unique ability to completely close up ...

Green sea turtles create diversity in sea grasses, while hawksbill sea turtles fill a similar role on coral reefs. Godfrey ...

Ungvarsky added. Virginia law prohibits the taking and selling of any turtle species from the wild; it is a federal crime to violate state wildlife laws. Mr. Fazi’s case is the latest to catch ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va ... one of the most critically endangered sea turtle species. In the 80s, Kemps Ridley sea turtles almost went extinct when there were only about 200 nesting individuals.

VIRGINIA BEACH ... staff found that the turtle’s internal temperature was 41 degrees, a concerning sign since a healthy temperature for the species is about 75 degrees.

The turtles will also be included in the state’s next version of the Landscape Project, to be released next year, which maps critical wildlife habitats for certain species. But, a “species of ...