Yahoo

North America's tiniest turtle is at risk. Zoo Knoxville is helping improve its odds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North America's tiniest turtle is at risk, with a dwindling population and shrinking bog habitat. Zoo Knoxville's work gives the ...
WGHP

NC’s thumb-sized turtles are the smallest on the continent; petition calls for their federal protection

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A petition is calling for the protection of the southern bog turtle, North America’s smallest turtle, a species native to North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia.
Center for Biological Diversity

Rare Southern Bog Turtle Moves One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protection

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 ...
PBS

Turtle Time

The bog turtle, NC’s state reptile, a turtle rescue team and the longleaf pine ecosystem. Discover why North America’s tiniest turtle is in trouble, how development is threatening NC’s state reptile ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Endangered bog turtle now state reptile

The endangered bog turtle is the state’s official reptile, after Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Monday. He was joined by students at Riverside Elementary School, in Princeton, who nominated the ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Petition Seeks to Protect Southern Bog Turtle Under Endangered Species Act

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the southern population of the bog turtle as a federal endangered ...
Raleigh News & Observer

The quest to protect the bog turtle: Saving North Carolina’s smallest turtle

Trudging through the thorny brush, Mike Knoerr is on a quest. Thunk. Thunk. Two five-foot long wooden dowels, the width of a pool stick, are in each of his hands. Methodically, he pokes them into the ...
Los Angeles Times

Grants to landowners could mean habitat protection for rare bog turtle

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. MILLBROOK, N.Y. -- The federal government is giving private landowners ...
WBUR

Inside the effort to save a tiny, endangered turtle in western Mass.

Angela Sirois-Pitel stands shin-deep in mud, surrounded by grass and poison sumac. She's holding a large antenna above her head, listening for a slow and steady beep. Sirois-Pitel is a stewardship ...
LancasterOnline

OUTDOORS: In search of a tiny turtle in a secret place

Here, hopefully, lives a turtle at least 49 years old, the oldest documented bog turtle ever found. Ole 9322, a female, is missing toes, probably from a predator encounter, and was first marked with ...
Washington Examiner

Residents hope bog turtles block expansion at airport

Opponents of the expansion hope so. Bog turtles, a federal “threatened” species, are of “particular concern” in the wetlands near the Carroll County Regional Airport that were identified as a ...