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 ...

Sue Muller carefully scraped the dry dirt from a spot along Columbia’s Lake Elkhorn walking path, using a small garden trowel and a water-filled spray bottle to soften the earth until she saw the ...

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 ...