The operators of Europe's largest illegal turtle farm were shell-shocked Thursday during a Spanish police raid that rescued more than 1,100 turtles -- including endangered species selling for nearly ...

Wildlife activists urged the Cayman Islands on Thursday to permanently halt the farming of green sea turtles at a popular government-owned tourist attraction that has released thousands of juveniles ...

This isn't oxymoronic but last week, hundreds of turtles successfully dashed out of a Georgia turtle farm and escaped into nearby undergrowth. While there was no slow-speed chase, turtle farmer David ...

When it comes to charismatic ocean species, sea turtles share the spotlight with magnificent marine mammals. However, the seven threatened and endangered species of sea turtles swimming the oceans are ...

Spanish police have shut down what they call the largest illegal turtle hatchery in Europe, rescuing more than 1,000 turtles and tortoises. The farm was located on the Mediterranean island of Majorca.

Marine aquaculture pens have to be regularly checked for holes, plus the fish need to be inspected for disease or parasites. And although the job is typically performed by human divers, it turns out ...

A Ponchatoula turtle farmer was sentenced Tuesday (Nov. 26) to two years of probation and a $15,000 fine for illegally shipping 1,500 false map turtles to a buyer in the Netherlands, according to the ...

Kayla Elefson set a ladder down with a dull clank. Above her hung bushels and bushels of cured garlic. Elefson snipped the bulbs from their stalks, and Eric Elefson joined, reaching high with a pair ...

“Where are the turtles?” John Fausch of the Kinky Turtle Farm in Decatur in Meigs County was asked immediately. He replied, “No turtles, just vegetables and fruit.” He explained the name of his farm ...