Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...

A potential new setback to the contentious One Lake development project comes down to the Pearl River Map Turtle, a species named for its distinct map-like shell pattern, that is unique to the Pearl ...

On a clear, hot summer afternoon along the Bogue Chitto creek at Walker’s Bridge Water Park in southern Mississippi, Noah Devros dives into the murky water with a flashlight and cheap plastic dive ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

TYLERTOWN, Miss. — On a clear, hot summer afternoon along the Bogue Chitto creek at Walker’s Bridge Water Park in southern Mississippi, Noah Devros dives into the murky water with a flashlight and ...

With its distinctively patterned shell, the map turtle (Graptemys geographica) resembles a small work of art by nature. However, those interested in keeping this North American aquatic turtle must ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each spring, biologist Grégory Bulté catches turtles that have spent the winter hibernating under the frozen surface of Ontario’s ...

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning ...

TYLERTOWN, Miss.—On a clear, hot summer afternoon along the Bogue Chitto creek at Walker’s Bridge Water Park in southern Mississippi, Noah Devros dives into the murky water with a flashlight and cheap ...