In this case, the Florida box turtle is one of six subspecies of the common box turtle. It lives the furthest south of all six subspecies and is native to most of Florida and southern Georgia. At ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng ...
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife special agent identified the species as Eastern box turtles, a subspecies of the common box turtle that is native to forested regions of the eastern United States ...
However, killer whales (orca) have included these turtles in their diet. Most sea turtles cannot retract their heads into the shell. This leaves them vulnerable to killer whales and other predators.
Border Patrol agents found the Eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks in Ng’s duffle bag, Fox News reported. Wan Yee Ng was caught as she was trying to make off with 29 Eastern box ...