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https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/animals/2018/09/turtles-endangered-biodiversity-ecology-tortoise-terrapin-animals What If There Were No More Turtles? A new study looks at the decline of a longevity icon. BY LIZ LANGLEY One lovely thing about turtles is that...

Rangers wrangle hundreds of critters in New York city parks - Record Numbers of Animals in Central Park Alone-274 Raccoons, Birds Snappers and red-eared sliders. By Melissa Klein September 21, 2019 NY Post (From reports from readers of HD, this menagerie of animals in city parks is not uncommon...

Japanese demand for tortoiseshell is driving critically endangered—and protected—hawksbill sea turtles toward extinction. BY JUSTIN GRUBB Endangered hawksbill sea turtles are illegal to trade internationally, but Japan's thriving domestic trade is hampering the recovery of the species...

PARC to increase partnerships and collaborative working relationships among herpetofauna conservation community Hello PARC members- We are pleased to announce the launching of PARC's new online PARTNER EXPERT DATABASE! We developed this database to increase partnerships and collaborative...

Did a Jurassic Dinosaur Smoosh a Turtle? A smashed shell may have been crumpled by an ambling dinosaur Scientific American Blog, By Brian Switek on September 11, 2019 A dinosaur similar to Apatosaurus may have stepped on a Jurassic turtle shell found in Switzerland. Credit: Riley Black Once...

THE RISE OF THE TORTOISE MAFIA (Madagascar) by AARON GEKOSKI National Geographic Traveler ‘Tortoises make people smile,’ Dr Christina Castellano explains. Christina, a member of US conservation group The Orianne Society, is a self-confessed tortoise nut who has been studying them for the last...

Looking Past the Scales: The Truth about Reptilian Behavior - Jordan Bush reports how despite their sometimes unappealing exterior, reptiles care for their young, communicate with one another, and even play This is a guest blog written by Jordan Bush, edited by Felicity Muth. Jordan Bush is a...

Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective...

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Lizards gone wild! UC Berkeley researcher’s ‘feminist science’ bucks male-dominated inquiry Did male scientists slut-shame a small tropical reptile? BERKELEY, CA – AUGUST 8: UC Berkeley behavioral ecologist Ambika Kamath is photographed at the Elias laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., on Thursday...

https://amp.ksat.com/news/veterinarian-warns-of-flea-spread-disease-on-the-rise-in-bexar-county-after-own-hospitalization GARRETT BRNGER, LUIS CIENFUEGOS JULY 29, 2019, 6:59 PM A San Antonio veterinarian is warning pet owners and others to keep watch for and prevent a flea-borne disease after...

Injured 140-pound loggerhead turtle rescued in Ocean City gets CT scan by Frank Kummer, Updated: July 23, 2019 - 5:00 AM Injured 140-pound loggerhead turtle rescued in Ocean City gets CT scan MOUNT LAUREL ANIMAL HOSPITAL A 140-pound injured loggerhead sea turtle, recently found floating off the...

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Washington's Lost Food Craze: Terrapin Soup 10/19/2017 in DC by Callum Cleary Before the days of Half Smokes and Jumbo Slices, D.C.’s collective stomach rumbled for a different delicacy: diamondback terrapin. The native turtle had long fed residents of the Chesapeake but by the 1830s the...

Our Taste For Turtle Soup Nearly Wiped Out Terrapins. Then Prohibition Saved Them July 18, 20197:00 AM ET SHOSHI PARKS In less than a hundred years, thousands upon thousands of Diamondback Terrapins had succumbed to the American appetite, depleting the species. In the mid-19th century...

Chance The Snapper Is Snared: Alligator Caught After A Wild Week In Chicago Park July 16, 201912:09 PM ET BILL CHAPPELL Twitter An alligator that eluded capture for a week in a Chicago park is now in custody, officials announced Tuesday. The gator is seen here in an image provided by Chicago...

A turtle's shell protects some of the strangest features in the animal kingdom. Here's what's inside. Uma Sharma Benji Jones Jul 15, 2019, 10:00 AM A turtle can't crawl out of its shell, just like we can't crawl out of our own skeletons. In fact, the shell is actually part of a turtle's...

Entangled sea turtle rescued off Lambert’s Cove July 15, 20191 Andrew Jacobs, a natural resources technician with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) reaches over to free a sea turtle entangled in fishing gear. - Courtesy Will White Updated 10:30 am A leatherback sea turtle, estimated...

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https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sargassum-measures-put-turtles-at-risk/ Turtles' nests could be baking beneath the sargassum. Sargassum-fighting measures put sea turtles at risk in Quintana Roo Conservationists worry about risks posed by collection and prevention efforts Published on...