The Ozark big-eared bat is a threatened species found only in a small number of caves in the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat ...

Four bags in their possession were confiscated and searched, and customs sleuths found several boxes containing turtle hatchlings in large numbers ... the species as red-eared slider turtles.

The Environment Ministry’s advisory body on Jan. 11 recommended banning the release of red swamp crayfish and red-eared sliders into the wild and the import of both species.