TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced final critical habitat protection today for the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle. These highly aquatic turtles are found only in Pima County, ...

After we twice sued to compel a response from the National Marine Fisheries Service, in 2012 the agency granted the turtle 40,000 square miles of critical habitat off California, Oregon and Washington ...

These habitats provide critical feeding and resting areas for the turtles. Juvenile green turtles often live in pelagic zones (the open ocean, away from the coast and seabed), drifting with ocean ...