If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one staple you’d be almost certain to see on the menu: turtle soup. But unlike some other food trends you may be ...

NEW ORLEANS -- It's a marvelously ugly beast, with spiked and ridged armor, a sharply hooked beak, a fishing lure in its mouth and a nasty bite. But the alligator snapping turtle's hard shell holds ...

Not all animal hibernations can be claimed by cold-weather states. Even on the tepid Mississippi Gulf Coast and in the Louisiana marshes, the Diamondback Terrapin takes a winter snooze. Once, this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...