A newly protected Pearl River map turtle faces a 60-year federal recovery effort as officials work to restore habitat, improve water quality, and rebuild populations in Louisiana and Mississippi.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. The plan estimates it will take about 60 years ...