Legend has it the Eastern hellbenders slithered here straight from hell and But in the age of humans, that evolutionary asset ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the southern population of the imperiled bog turtle under the Endangered Species Act. The agency ...

The Service must decide whether to protect southern bog turtles and roughhead shiners by October 2028. “These tiny turtles and rare fish will go extinct without endangered species protections, but ...

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), the southern bog turtle is “Tennessee’s smallest and most ...

The decision bring an end to a standoff between conservationists and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the status of the southern bog turtle and roughhead shiner, both threatened species ...

A lawsuit was filed on Monday against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, reportedly aimed to highlight the urgent need to protect the smallest turtle species in the country, which is seeing a ...