Turtles are once again in Mexico’s limelight, after authorities announced the rescue of 3,427 freshwater turtle hatchlings at ...

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 ...

Arizona's Sonoyta Mud Turtle Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection After Waiting for 19 Years . TUCSON, Ariz. ... To date 147 plants and animals have received protection as a result of the ...

Finally, in 2020, the turtle earned federally protected critical habitat: 12.3 acres in the Rio Sonoyta watershed of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Pima County, an area was occupied by the ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle is an aquatic species that lives in the Sonoran Desert, a difficult enough existence to begin with. Now, some experts worry that critical habitat for the endangered animal ...

The turtle, a subspecies of the Sonoran mud turtle, is found in northern Mexico and in the Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, its only natural habitat in the U.S.

The AP reported that the commercial export trade for mud turtles in the United States increased from 1,844 in 1999 to nearly 40,000 in 2017. In that same period, the export of musk turtles rose ...