JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although somewhat slow and shy, the box turtle and crayfish have risen to the top of their classifications as the newest official state symbols. Legislation signed into law ...

The turtles, with an estimated market value of $1.4 million, were intercepted by law enforcement at a border inspection, prosecutors said. Officers saw them bound and taped inside knotted socks within ...

A Chinese man faces up to five years in prison for trying to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to Hong Kong. Wei Qiang Lin, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty on ...

ST. LOUIS — Have you heard about the St. Louis basement turtle? Apparently, it was a phenomenon in the 20th century to keep a box turtle in your basement. According to the St. Louis subreddit, ...