Environmental experts, detection dogs team up to protect native freshwater turtles

A team of environmental experts, Indigenous rangers and conservation detection dogs is working on recovering the population ...
SciELO

Freshwater turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) assemblage from an urban protected Atlantic Forest remnant: population density, movement and habitat preference

Anthropic pressure; chelonians; hotspot; habitat selection; home range; invasive alien species We sampled 11 aquatic habitats randomly selected within the park, including the main lake and small ...
DCCEEW

Environmental flows keep cod and critters content in the Lachlan

The delivery of water for the environment has a vast range of benefits. The Lachlan River in the central west of New South ...
thecooldown

Researchers thrilled by return of creature thought extinct for years: 'This is a milestone'

A species once feared lost forever is getting a second chance. In an amazing conservation victory, Bangladesh has announced the steady comeback of the Batagur baska, or northern river terrapin — one ...
The New York Times

Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...
The New York Times

Andy Murray’s life after tennis, coaching Novak Djokovic and facing the Big Three

A year on from the start of Andy Murray’s surprise coaching partnership with his longtime tennis rival Novak Djokovic, the three-time Grand Slam champion discussed that partnership, things he would ...
NPR

A bright spot for turtles: Olive ridleys are recovering in India, but still at risk

VELAS, India — Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a ...