This Giant Ancient Turtle Dwarfs Its Modern Ancestors

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...
Business Insider

Exotic turtles have been poached to near-extinction in Asia, but in Hong Kong, these ...

Scientists in Hong Kong are trying to save three species of turtles, CNN reports. The turtles are being hunted for medicinal purposes and to keep as pets. Scientists wanted to keep their numbers under ...
Forbes

Dancing Turtles Rock: Why Turtle Survival Demands Urgent Action

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change is altering the very biology of turtles, with ...

The Rarest Turtle on Earth: How a Giant Vanished from a Famous River System

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...

Conservation Isn’t Just Saving Beaches: This Turtle Study Says Reefs and Routes Matter Too

Three species of sea turtles are regularly observed in the Red Sea, which is an inlet of the Indian Ocean: hawksbills, greens ...
WSVN 7News

Turtle Hospital in Marathon gives endangered sea turtles a second chance at life

An animal hospital in the Florida Keys has given an endangered species of marine reptiles a second chance.The staff at The<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
Los Angeles Times

Turtles in demand as pets, leading to a spike in poaching

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for ...
The Business Standard

Critically endangered: 32 Bostami turtles born in Chattogram after being reared for months

After being reared for several months, 32 critically endangered Bostami turtles (Nilssonia nigricans) hatchlings were released at the Bayezid Bostami Shrine's main pond in Chattogram on 15 January.