The Turtle Bank: South Carolina's pine forests become a "haven" for endangered turtles of Asia

The Turtle Bank in South Carolina is sheltering Asia’s most threatened turtles. Poaching and habitat loss pushed them to the ...
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The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

The post The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help appeared first on A-Z Animals. As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked ...
Mongabay

The Turtle Bank: The last of these Asian turtle species find refuge in the Carolina pines

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who know more about turtles than you. Posters and paintings of turtles and ...
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The Rarest Turtle on Earth: How a Giant Vanished from a Famous River System

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known ...
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Two pets found on island in Vietnam turn out to be critically endangered species

Scientists visited Hon Lao Island and found two critically endangered turtles being kept as pets. Photos show the first-of-its-kind sighting. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by Thinking Nomads On ...
Arizona Daily Star

Rare Vietnamese turtle in close call with soup pot

SON TAY, Vietnam — A rare Vietnamese turtle, one of just four believed left in the world, was swept away by a flood, taken hostage by an enterprising fisherman and nearly ended up in a soup pot.
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When turtles become extinct, this secretive center in SC will reintroduce them

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...
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The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...
AOL

The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

One of the most majestic creatures on earth is the Chinese stripe-necked turtle. Recently, however, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) added this species ...