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 ...

Every year, Jeff Briggler sees the same three-toed box turtle. “In Callaway County, where I live, I found where this box turtle (spends the winter), and it’s a small depression in the woods,” he said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man confessed to trying to export more than 220 parcels containing approximately 850 eastern box turtles (Associated ...