Science Features » New species http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Fri, 24 May 2013 22:24:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New species is quite a pearl! http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/new-species-is-quite-a-pearl/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/new-species-is-quite-a-pearl/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:37:44 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/2010/09/13/new-species-is-quite-a-pearl/ Pearl river turtle

Pearl river turtle

USGS scientists have discovered a new turtle species, the Pearl River map turtle, found only in the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi. Sea-level changes between glacial and interglacial periods over 10,000 years ago isolated the map turtles, causing them to evolve into unique species.

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