Students from Rensselaer Junior Senior High School are learning about northern map turtles at the BASF wildlife habitat site on Hudson River. Students joined Molly Borst, BASF science education ...

Claim to fame: Northern map turtles were formerly known as “common map turtles,” but biologists have recommended the name change because the former name might mislead people into thinking these ...

Hartford, CT -- Two activities – harvesting turtles for food and riverside development – in Southern Missouri sharply reduced the number of northern map turtles in one river. When that happened, a ...

The northern map turtle is one of three threatened species in Kansas recommended for downlisting after strides in research. (Missouri Department of Conservation) TOPEKA — A lizard, a turtle and a fish ...

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 ...