Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 14, 2026, the Trump administration enforced a rule that ensures bog turtle extinction. Multiple lawsuits to block the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservationists are working to restore the habitats of bog turtles and other species destroyed by the fury of North Carolina's ...

On September 14, 2026, the Trump administration enforced a rule that ensures the bog turtle’s extinction. Multiple lawsuits seeking to block the rule are underway. The bog turtle, North America’s ...

There are fewer bog turtles because of their rare − and shrinking − habitat, along with dangers posed by poaching and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville's head-start program brings in bog turtle ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Late in September, as Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, Wally Smith immediately ...

Noses down, tails up, two Labrador retrievers zigzag through a soggy mountain wetland in Western North Carolina, hunting for a prize humans would need a lot of luck to find: North America’s smallest ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reached an agreement today that requires the agency to make decisions on protecting two imperiled southern ...

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 ...

When strolling through your local park this summer, you may have noticed turtles sunning themselves on logs or poking their heads up in lakes and ponds. Chances are they’re painted turtles or ...

Conservationists are working to restore the habitats of bog turtles and other species destroyed by the fury of North Carolina’s worst hurricane. Jessica Rinaldi, The Boston Globe/Getty Images The ...