In the past, Chesapeake Bay Magazine explained, this reptile was overfished in places like Maryland and Virginia, where turtle soup was ... to secure Endangered Species Act protection for the ...

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 ...

Bog turtles are separated into two regions ... which are only found in one body of freshwater in Virginia. The species is also experiencing a population decline due to non-native fish being ...

A homeowner in suburban Virginia found a 48.6-pound snapping turtle in his yard and feared the gargantuan reptile had been hit by a car, according to a Facebook post by the Richmond Wildlife Center.

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 ...