The eastern box turtle is collected in enormous numbers for the illegal wildlife trade ... On average, confiscated box turtles took approximately 4-6 weeks following release to settle into the release ...

A 54-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges after wildlife inspectors at a Torrance mail facility intercepted packages containing protected eastern box turtles addressed to one of ...

A Chinese woman has pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles by kayaking from Vermont to Canada. Wan Yee Ng ...