Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 19—Niagara Falls Historic Preservation Commission members received more than 500 letters, and over 1,100 signatures on a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles-- huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of lakes ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles — huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of lakes and ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed with scientists and environmental groups that the Blanding's turtle, which is hanging on in Minnesota, may warrant federal protection. The turtle is among ...

Federal wildlife officials propose keeping Hawaii’s green sea turtles’ threatened status under the Endangered Species Act, meaning it would continue to be illegal to kill or hunt them. Hawaii has a ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is investigating whether leatherback sea turtles are still endangered in the northwestern Atlantic. Above, leatherback turtle hatchlings crawl along ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) = Alligator snapping turtles are huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of lakes and slow waterways. Their numbers, however, are dwindling. Every state in their ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles — huge, spike-shelled beasts that lurk at the bottom of slow waterways, luring prey to ...

A male alligator snapping turtle is held after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, as part of the process of tagging ...