The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is home to unique species and rich marine ecosystems, including threatened sea turtles. In 2014, the country enacted a law banning the trade and possession ...

Enjoying turtle meat is becoming more popular in foreign countries and that’s eating into Iowa's turtle population. A bill limiting when Iowans can hunt and harvest turtles passed in the Iowa House.

Today is the first day in Florida that it is illegal to hunt freshwater turtles for commercial purposes. Truly the end of the era. The turtle-hunting industry has apparently been relatively booming ...

Last week, I was astounded to learn that the Caribbean island of St. Lucia was planning to allow legal hunting of three endangered species of sea turtles - the hawksbill, the loggerhead, and the green ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week that it would be permanently ending its annual terrapin turtle hunting season after next spring’s hunt. The terrapin turtle is ...

Turtle doves returning to Europe this spring face a less hospitable welcome, as the EU has just voted to let hunters resume shooting the birds. The species - which migrates from sub-Saharan Africa to ...

In a case highlighting violations of wildlife laws in Karnataka, four individuals were arrested by police in Belthangady town of Dakshina Kannada district for allegedly hunting turtles in a river and ...