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 threats ...

As World Sea Turtle Day approaches on Monday, an expert explains threats to sea turtles and their ecological importance along ...

From 2017 to 2020, prosecutors say, the 41-year-old Virginia man poached wild turtles and sold them on Facebook, in violation of a federal law that prohibits trafficking of illicitly taken wildlife.

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking wild turtles in federal court on Monday. The man made nearly $13,000 over three years catching and selling turtles.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia man who caught and sold wild turtles has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trafficking the reptiles.Stanlee Fazi, 41, of Louisa, Virginia, ad… ...

Stanlee Fazi admitted that he had bound the turtles in socks and shipped them from his Virginia home, making about $12,700 in the scheme, the Justice Department said.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An endangered sea turtle hooked off the Sandbridge Fishing Pier in Virginia Beach was released back into the sea Thursday morning. The fondly named "Crystal Lake" is a ...

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.

Northern diamondback turtles, which are found in tidal bays and creeks in New Jersey, are expected to officially be designated a "species of special concern" next year.