To the Chinese, they are symbols of longevity and sexual vitality. They are collected as pets, used in potions and elixirs, sold as lucky charms. The long list of what they supposedly cure runs from ...

New England Aquarium officials are raising the alarm after two Chinese soft-shelled turtles were spotted on Wollaston Beach in Quincy, saying they’re not native to New England and could potentially ...

On Friday, June 19, Philippine authorities raided a warehouse on the island of Palawan and confiscated more than 4,000 live, illegally harvested rare turtles, only days before they were to be shipped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese big-headed turtle hatches at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo in New York, in this undated handout ...

BOSTON – Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become ...

LOS ANGELES >> Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours today for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in ...

For nearly 15 years, china has been trying to engineer a "brain gain" by luring top scientific and technical talent home from the United States, and it's working. One major success story is the ...

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle looks like someone glued the snout of a pig onto the face of a fish, with the texture of a scrotum for good measure. But its bizarre appearance pales in comparison to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours Monday for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in ...