NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A bale of small, vivid turtles is spending time at Audubon Aquarium this winter. Native to the Pearl and Bogue Falaya Rivers, the Ringed Map Turtles, or “sawback turtles,” are a ...

After more than a decade of pressure from environmental groups, federal wildlife managers have agreed to consider whether rare freshwater turtles found only in Louisiana and Mississippi should receive ...

Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration, accusing it of failing to protect two freshwater turtle species found only in Louisiana and Mississippi. A lawsuit filed by the Center for ...