A strange smell from a parcel sparked a major investigation, exposing a bizarre smuggling operation involving exotic animals hidden among toys.

Removing animals from native ecosystems affects the ecological functions they perform while introducing them into new territories can alter the environment.

Pythons, iguanas and tarantulas were among the exotic animals Victorian man, Noah Ebert attempted to smuggle into Australia. The department soon put a ...

Two female olive ridley turtles emerged onto beaches in Orange County to lay eggs, bringing together agencies and community partners, and raising public awareness. An olive ridley sea turtle was ...

Sea turtles usually found in the tropics have been spotted nesting on California beaches — a historical first, according to officials. Olive ridley sea turtles are one of the smallest of the sea ...

What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is the ‘million dollar question’ A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started ...

Two sea turtles have laid eggs on Southern California beaches, marking the first recorded natural nesting of any sea turtle species on the West Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

At first, it seemed as if the sea turtle was injured. But responders to the wayward olive ridley sea turtle realized the creature wasn’t hurt, rather she was laying eggs on the sand, the first natural ...

Video shows the first-ever natural nesting on record of a sea turtle on the U.S. West Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Three days later, a sea turtle was seen ...

A sea turtle currently nesting on a Southern California beach is the first known sea turtle on record to nest naturally anywhere on the West Coast, according to NOAA Fisheries. An olive ridley sea ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A female olive ridley sea turtle is making history along the Southern California shoreline, with two nests documented in Orange County, according to NOAA Fisheries. ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...