A casual conversation on a 2023 flight between a Northern California couple and state Fish and Wildlife officers exposed several wildlife crimes, including the illegal smuggling of an endangered ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to protect leatherback sea turtles as endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The commission acted on the ...

People have hunted the turtles for millennia to harvest their rich, glossy brown shells, which blaze in the tropical sun with honey-colored streaks. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used the ...