NINE GULF COAST BOX TURTLES AFTER WILDLIFE OFFICIALS FOUND THEM BOUND AND TAPED INSIDE SHIPPING BOXES. WESH 2 NEWS BREVARD COUNTY REPORTER MEGHAN MORIARTY EXPLAINS WHY THESE RARE REPTILES ARE SO ...

Last fall, some turtles were rescued from Massachusetts and sent to New Orleans, where Audubon Aquarium Rescue treated them for pneumonia and frostbite.

A man tried to smuggle Gulf Coast box turtles from the United States to China. However, federal authorities thwarted the attempt. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the U.S. Fish and ...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WREG) — A Gulf Coast box turtle that lost its back legs after being hit by a car has some new wheels thanks to some Mississippi kids. The turtle, named Lt. Dan, was taken in by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moses the turtle is getting a second chance at walking thanks to these 3D printed wheels. “One of my coworkers asked if I could ...

Smuggled turtles stuffed in socks, bound for China, are recovering at the Brevard Zoo. The Florida native Gulf Coast Box turtles are commonly targeted by wildlife traffickers. The turtles are healing ...

Families, children and spectators stood along the Galveston shore with wide smiles and loud cheers as they watched volunteers carry 102 sea turtles, one by one, into the Gulf on Thursday afternoon.