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The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help.
Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.
Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California.
It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
The southern sea otter and the marine turtle would get federal assistance in their struggles to survive under bills the House passed Tuesday.
Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing.
A northern California woman has been indicted on federal charges accusing her of illegally importing guitar picks made from endangered turtle shells.
The box turtle is disappearing across Malaysia because of increased illegal hunting for its meat and use in traditional Chinese medicine, wildlife activists said Wednesday.
His name is Herb, and he was very, very cold when he was found on a Cape Cod beach.
A cold snap has caused a high number of endangered sea turtles to wash ashore dead on Cape Cod beaches.
Hurricane Ike may have dealt a blow to the world's most endangered sea turtle.
She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated.
Two green sea turtles are leaving the Florida Keys for their new home at a Connecticut aquarium via FedEx.
Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days.
Florida's beaches lost a substantial amount of loggerhead sea turtle nests in 2007, giving the state its lowest nest count in 17 years, wildlife officials reported.
At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week, an official said Wednesday.
The federal government is considering listing loggerhead sea turtles that live along California's coast and off Hawaii as an endangered species and further protecting their habitat.
After encouraging gains in the 1990s, populations of loggerhead sea turtles are now dropping, primarily because of commercial fishing, according to a federal review.
On slow summer days, counting box turtles is one way to enjoy the outdoors. The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission is asking Arkansans to help with a survey of the animals to determine just how common, or rare, they are. There has never been a statewide survey of box turtles.
At least three dozen sea turtles are getting a little vacation under heat lamps in this spring-break capital after being rescued from an arctic blast that caused the water temperature in an arm of the Gulf of Mexico to plummet 18 degrees in 48 hours.
Villagers confine rare turtle, offer prayersHundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God, officials said on Tuesday.
Giant groper swallows turtleVets got a surprise when they found that a monster groper washed up on a Townsville beach had a whole sea turtle inside its stomach.
New disease identified in pet turtlesA researcher has identified the first Australian case of a captive turtle being infected with a highly contagious disease, which has the potential to spread to humans.
Romantic proposal in SC leads to turtle deaths - CharlotteObserver.comHILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. A wedding proposal led to the deaths of dozens of federally protected loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on a South Carolina beach.
Live Turtle Webcam in the Lower Florida KeysLoggerhead turtles hatch last night with the help of volunteers leading them to the ocean in Big Pine Key, Florida. Some nests were late in hatching, raising concerns among some folks. But the turtles came thru!
Turtle thought to be extinct seen in MyanmarThe rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its population, researchers said Monday.
Recently I responded to a posting about loggerhead turtles being threatened by shrimper nets (http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3220413-study-loggerhead-turtles-put-at-risk-by-fishing). What I didn't understand is why so few other people responded to it.
Turtle Shell Develops Through Embryonic OrigamiOf all vertebrate animals, turtles have one of the stranger body plans. Unlike all other four-limbed critters, which have their shoulder blades riding on the outside of their ribs, the turtle's ribs are outside of its shoulder blades.
JFK runway shut for crossing turtles, delaying flights for over an hour Takeoffs were delayed at JFK, America's largest international airport, when New York authorities were forced to close a runway to make way for a pack of turtles attempting to cross on Wednesday morning.
Turtles Have Shells Due to Embryo "Origami"Turtles develop their upper shells thanks to a unique feat of "origami" with their muscles and bones that occurs while the reptiles are still in their eggs, a new study has found.
Turtle invasion shuts JFK runway A runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down on Wednesday morning, after at least 78 turtles invaded the tarmac.
'Crazy Turtle Woman' transforms graveyard into maternity ward With its white sand and clear, blue water, Trinidad's Matura Beach looks like a postcard.
Good News Wednesday: Endangered turtles safe on Indonesian islands For centuries, turtle eggs have been as good as currency on this tiny Indonesian island -- they helped put children through school and kept the village kitty in petty cash.
O'Reilly's Ark: Gay marriage could lead to goat, duck, dolphin, and turtle marriage SUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly again theorized that the legalization of gay marriage could lead to interspecies marriages, stating to Margaret Hoover, "[Y]ou would let everybody get married who want to get married.
Turtles out and about -- don't hit them on the highway!Why did the turtle cross the road? And do any of them ever make it to the other side? State Herpetologist Jeff Briggler and a team of volunteers have been counting turtles on Missouri's roads. Ninety percent of them had been hit by cars.
Georgia sea turtles begin nesting seasonDiscovery of the first sea turtle nest on Sea Island, belonging to a leatherback turtle, marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season.
Smugglers Found with 800 Turtles, 160 Protected Snakes Hidden Under GarlicKUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - A WILDLIFE official says Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 800 turtles and 160 protected snakes from being smuggled on a truck under a load of garlic to mask their smell.
Sea turtles suffering from mysterious illnessSome sea turtles have survived a mysterious illness that's killing sea turtles on Florida's northeast coast and are recuperating at the Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel.
Aquarium releases loggerhead sea turtle | 10connects.com | Tampa, St. Petersburg, ClearwaterPlastic bags threaten ancient turtle speciest's been around for 100 million years — a giant reptile that has long outlived its distant dinosaur cousins, can weigh more than a Smart car and accumulate nearly as much mileage every year.
Too many turtles caught, critics sayThe numbers of turtles caught in those states has increased as demand for turtle meat rises in China, the groups say.
The first photo was taken at my brothers funeral. He was a Viet Nam Veteran, and as they were folding the flag, a family member snapped this photo of me, and my other brother. I find it.....touching.
Turtle to get artificial flippers after shark attackA Japanese conservation group says it plans to fit prosthetic front limbs to a sea turtle injured in what marine scientists believe was a shark attack.
New Fossil Shows How the Turtle Got Its Shell Vertebrate animals come in all shapes and sizes. But some have evolved truly bizarre forms. With beaks instead of teeth and shells formed by the ribs and other bits, turtles surely rank among the strangest of our backboned brethren.
A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of ScotlandThe discovery of a new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) deposits of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the early evolutionary history of Testudinata. Eileanchelys waldmani gen. et sp. nov.
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