Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia ...

A Beaufort man pleaded guilty in federal court following an investigation that found he illegally imported endangered whale ...

The Justice Department said Lauren DeLoach, 69, would instruct suppliers to label shipments as "plastic" to avoid seizure ...

Whale washes up on North Carolina beach. Sperm whales were listed under the Endangered Species Act more than 50 years ago and ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...

Once four-legged land animals, whales evolved from ancestors Pakicetus, which lived along ancient Pakistani shores ...

A Beaufort County man is facing possibly several years in prison as well as a fine after pleading guilty to illegally ...

A Beaufort man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges related to illegally trafficking endangered sperm whale bones and teeth. Lauren DeLoach, age 69, was charged under the Lacey Act, the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) — China has pledged emergency humanitarian assistance of 1 billion yuan ($137 million) to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, its embassy in the southeast Asian nation said.

A South Carolina man has admitted to operating an international wildlife trafficking operation involving endangered sperm ...