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 ...

Federal wildlife managers are proposing endangered species protections for a rare freshwater turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday that ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that it is proposing threatened status for the Pearl River map turtle, seeking to grant added federal protections to an at-risk ...

JACKSON, Miss.— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it intends to sue over the agency’s failure to finalize critical habitat for the threatened ...

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 ruled in favor of protecting the Pearl River map turtle under the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday. The decision puts a bump in the road for a potential dam, part ...

After more than a decade of pressure from environmental groups, federal wildlife managers have agreed to consider whether rare freshwater turtles found only in Louisiana and Mississippi should receive ...