Turtles

Wildlife Week 2019: A saga of India's Turtle Man Friday and the sea turtles he is fighting to protect

Sea turtle have been around for the last 220 million years. since the time of the dinosaurs.

World Turtle Day: Two wildlife biologists are encouraging people to document species in India

Anuja Mital and Sneha Dharwadkar host a celebration every year on World Turtle Day, with a week-long spotting event. They also run a Facebook page called Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises of India, where they encourage people to post photographs of turtles and tortoises they have spotted all over India. Social media is a good outreach platform and we cannot conserve animals without the help of the community, they say.

Over 300 sea turtles from an endangered species found dead on Mexico beach

The Pacific Ridley turtles were found trapped in a banned type of fishing net, authorities said.

122 sea turtles from an endangered species found dead on Mexico beach

The turtles were found on the beaches of Puerto Arista, a small town on the Pacific coast.

How Kélonia, a sea turtle farm-turned-observatory in the Indian Ocean, is helping save the species

Kélonia, where sea turtles were previously hunted, is now a place where wounded or sick turtles are rehabilitated before they can be released back into the sea | #FirstCulture

Watch: Thailand frees 1,066 turtles to celebrate King's birthday

China holds ceremony to return smuggled turtles to Pakistan

Rare turtle species found only in Tripura facing extinction

The soft-shell N nigricans turtles, a rare species found only in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, is facing extinction