The bog turtle is North America’s smallest turtle, measuring about the length of a human thumb. It is also one of the continent’s most imperiled turtles: Its southern population has declined by at ...

ATLANTA - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, accusing the agency of delaying critical Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections ...

The agency was required to decide more than a year ago whether to officially list the turtles. Bog turtles live in mountain wetlands that are being drained for development. Only 500 acres of mountain ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A lawsuit was filed on Monday against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), reportedly aimed ...

Meanwhile, the southern bog turtle is disappearing as nonnative plants invade the Southern Appalachian ... but more than 40% of the country’s fish and turtles face extinction because of habitat loss ...