The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim, this turtle depends heavily on what little ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle, the Hawaiian ‘i’iwi, and the pearl darter The Sonoyta mud turtle, the Hawaiian ‘i’iwi, and the pearl darter The three join over 150 other species that have been ...

PHOENIX – Nearly three years after it won endangered species status, the Sonoyta mud turtle was granted 12.3 acres of protected habitat this week – but supporters worry that the habitat may no ...

“The Sonoyta mud turtle is clearly in danger of extinction,” Steve Spangle, a field supervisor with Fish and Wildlife’s Arizona Ecological Services, said in a release announcing the listing.

It’s also home to two endangered species found nowhere else in the United States: The Sonoyta pupfish and Sonoran mud turtle. “The spring is regarded as sacred, a living element provided to ...

(CN) – A Hawaiian bird, an Arizona mud turtle and a small Mississippi fish have been added to the federal List of Endangered and Threatened Species, following years of effort by an environmental group ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wednesday proposed the Sonoyta mud turtle as endangered and the pearl darter as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Arizona turtle was ...

Today, only about 140 mud turtles or so live in Quitobaquito, while the Rio Sonoyta population has dropped greatly from 1,000 a few years ago, he said.. Another water-dweller facing the same ...