Nine small turtle eggs dug from the shores of Columbia’s Lake Elkhorn in early July have produced penny-sized, non-native false map turtles normally found along the Mississippi River, raising concern ...

A Ponchatoula turtle farmer was sentenced Tuesday (Nov. 26) to two years of probation and a $15,000 fine for illegally shipping 1,500 false map turtles to a buyer in the Netherlands, according to the ...

A Ponchatoula turtle farmer has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally shipping 1,500 false map turtles to a buyer in the Netherlands, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported Wednesday (Aug. 22).

Jensen, a two-year-old False Map turtle, from the Mississippi River, gets used to his new home at Blackpool Sea Life Centre in Blackpool, England. Jensen is one of 50 turtles confiscated by customs ...

We conducted surveys for nesting false map turtles (Graptemys pseudogeographica), spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera), and smooth softshell turtles (A. mutica) along the lower Missouri River ...