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Pearl River Map Turtles could delay One Lake project. What exactly are these turtles?

A potential new setback to the contentious One Lake development project comes down to the Pearl River Map Turtle, a species named for its distinct map-like shell pattern, that is unique to the Pearl ...

This gruesome discovery of nearly 150 dead turtles is a warning for the future

Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...
The Conversation

Northern map turtles survive cold winter conditions by staying active under ice

Jessica Robichaud received funding from Carleton University, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund Small ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Pearl River Map Turtles Finally Protected in Mississippi, Louisiana

JACKSON, Miss.— In response to a 2010 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule today protecting the Pearl River map turtle as ...