The bog turtle population is dwindling due to a shrinking habitat and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville is giving the tiny ...

The bog turtle population is dwindling due to a shrinking habitat and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville is giving the tiny turtles a head start.

PHOTOS: In search of the bog turtle. Scientists searched for rare bog turtles in Southwest Virginia on May 5, 2015, as part of a study to learn more about the threatened creature, ...

The bog turtle is North America’s smallest turtle, measuring about the length of a human thumb. It is also one of the continent’s most imperiled turtles: Its southern population has declined by at ...

The Center said there are only about 500 acres of mountain bog habitat remaining across the turtles’ southern territory.

The bog turtle is the smallest turtle found in North America. It measures roughly the length of a human thumb. Over the last 20 years, the southern population has declined by around 50%, and fewer ...

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 ...

How does Zoo Knoxville help bog turtles? Zoo Knoxville has been working with bog turtles since 1986, when former curator of herpetology Bern Tryon helped discover them in Tennessee, Carruth said.

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 ...

The bog turtle population is dwindling due to a shrinking habitat and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville is giving the tiny turtles a head start. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion ...