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Meet the two-headed tortoise with multiple personalities
Janus, the world’s oldest two-headed tortoise has two different personalities: one head is partial to endives and the other to carrots.
NGO releases newly-hatched sea turtles on Cyprus's west coast at sunset
Members of the Society for Protection of Turtles (Spot) NGO gather at sunset in northern Cyprus's Akdeniz turtle conservation beach to release around 300 newly-hatched Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) and Green (Chelonia Mydas) turtles.
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Sea turtles are already under threat in the USA. With heatwaves increasing the temperature of the sand where turtles lay their eggs, scientists say they have seen no male turtle babies in 4 years.
This exhausted Euphrates tortoise was brought back to life
This exhausted Euphrates tortoise was brought back to life with the efforts of the teams.
Pet turtles bought illegally online are spreading salmonella to humans
Selling turtles this small as pets was banned more than 40 years ago because of the risk of infection to humans.
Unique albino Galapagos turtle born in Swiss tropical zoo
White shell and red eyes: this baby tortoise born in May in a tropical zoo located in Servion, western Switzerland, is the first albino Galapagos giant turtle ever observed in captivity or in the wild.
These 'turtle dogs' are sniffing out a threatened species
Furry 4-legged friends are helping conservationists to track down ornate box turtles, whose habitats are quickly disappearing
Endangered Galapagos giant tortoises released back into the wild
Tortoises were quarantined and marked before their release on Espanola Island, which now hosts the Cheloinidis hoodensis species of the tortoise.
Blessed by Tibetan monks, this turtle had a very festive return to sea
The female sea turtle spent three months in a rescue centre.
Rescuing baby turtles in Canberra
Watch how these volunteers in Australia are protecting baby turtles from predators.
Watch: Hundreds of turtles killed after being trapped in fishing net
Around 300 endangered turtles were killed off the coast of southern Mexico.
Watch how these turtles are protected in Costa Rica
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