grow to about 4 inches in length and prefer life in a marshy meadow or muddy fen and a diet of aquatic insects and small plant material. Undisturbed they can live as long as 50 years. Bog turtles ...

North America's smallest turtle has crawled into a bit of a bog, and the federal government is pondering whether protections for the species are warranted to get it out. The U.S. Fish and ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY – Pulling aside skunk cabbage and wetland sedges, biologists with a nonprofit conservation group tromped through sticky mud in a small wetland, searching for bog turtles.

Besides the flashy orange stripes on their necks, some bog turtles in Berks County are carrying tiny radios on their backs. And the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is listening to one of ...

FLOYD — Anona Miller checked a muddy mountain rivulet and found nature’s equivalent of that needle in a haystack — a rare bog turtle. “I won!” Miller called out good-naturedly to other ...

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 ...

In fact, it's the state's first, and it speaks to the heart of New Jersey. It's the bog turtle. Think about it. It hearkens to crawling highway traffic, the swampy Meadowlands and the rate at ...

A critically endangered bog turtle hatched at the zoo on May 21. It's the first time one of its kind has hatched at Zoo Atlanta in 30 years. The species, which the smallest turtle is North America ...

North America's tiniest turtle is at risk, with a dwindling population and shrinking bog habitat. Zoo Knoxville's work gives the species a better chance at survival. The increasingly rare reptile ...