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World’s oldest living land animal celebrates his 191st birthday

St Helena’s national treasure, who predates the telephone, is in good health and expected to reach his third century.

04/12/2023

Nature

‘They have a right to exist’: Sea turtles given legal rights in Panama

Citizens can now be the voice of sea turtles and defend them legally in Panama.

26/05/2023

Nature

World Turtle Day: Turtle-mom ‘Emma’ saves species on Reunion island

In honour of World Turtle Day we look back at one of our favourite good news stories of the year so far.

23/05/2023

Nature

‘Chonkosaurus’: Kayakers spot huge snapping turtle on Chicago River

A video of a giant snapping turtle has gone viral after a pair of botanists posted it online.

16/05/2023

Nature

Ecuador seals landmark deal to protect Galápagos Islands and cut debt

Ecuador’s ‘debt for nature’ swap hopes to protect the archipelago’s unique flora and fauna including many species that can be found nowhere else on Earth.

10/05/2023

Nature

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.

05/09/2022

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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.

03/09/2022

Nature

99% of sea turtles are now born female due to extreme heatwaves

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.

07/08/2022

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This exhausted Euphrates tortoise was brought back to life

This exhausted Euphrates tortoise was brought back to life with the efforts of the teams.

27/07/2022

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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.

22/07/2022

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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.

04/06/2022

Nature

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

14/05/2021

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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.

17/06/2020

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Blessed by Tibetan monks, this turtle had a very festive return to sea

The female sea turtle spent three months in a rescue centre.

08/02/2020

Green News

Rescuing baby turtles in Canberra

Watch how these volunteers in Australia are protecting baby turtles from predators.

19/11/2018

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Watch: Hundreds of turtles killed after being trapped in fishing net

Around 300 endangered turtles were killed off the coast of southern Mexico.

29/08/2018