Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials at a wildlife sanctuary in northeast India have released over 100 rare turtles as part of an ongoing effort to revive ...

Black softshell turtle is seen ahead of 'World Wildlife Day' in the Nagshankar temple pond in Sonitpur, Assam, India .The Assamese name of the black softshell( Bormuria kaso). India is home to 29 ...

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 ...

HAJO, India: The black softshell turtle is officially extinct in the wild, but a centuries-old Indian temple and its nature-loving caretaker are helping the creature make a tentative comeback. The ...

In a significant conservation initiative, a total of 104 turtles belonging to three rare species were released on Saturday in Hadug Beel, a perennial waterbody inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary ...

It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo. Oregon Zoo returns 23 northwestern pond turtles to the wild A group of 23 northwestern pond ...

Identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States and Canada -- Chelydridae: snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii, alligator snapping ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists have developed and validated a DNA test kit to help detect the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a species on the very ...