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Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» KOATINEMO — A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community thought to live deep in the north Brazilian Amazon.
Peru seizes 4,000 live Amazon turtles at airport
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» LIMA - Peruvian authorities have seized some 4,000 turtles that originated in the Amazon at the country's main international airport, the national wildlife service said Thursday.
Alarm as seawater heats up off Florida Keys, imperiling reef
AFP, Published on 29/07/2023
» SUMMERLAND KEY (UNITED STATES) - Super-heated seawater off the Florida Keys has grown so perilous to the world's third-largest barrier reef that scientists are now removing samples of coral from ocean nurseries to place in cooler land-based tanks.
Tiny bundles of hope: critically endangered turtles hatch in Myanmar
The New York TImes, Published on 25/06/2023
» Small miracles are popping out of the mud around Myanmar’s largest lake: Burmese peacock softshell turtles, just hatched from their eggs. For what may be the first time, humans were there to witness the birth of these rare creatures.
Scientists make 'disturbing' find on remote island: plastic rocks
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil.
Battle to save Panama turtle at center of aphrodisiac superstition
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PUNTA CHAME (PANAMA) - The sea turtles of Punta Chame, a peninsula of Panama that juts into the Pacific Ocean, face an existential threat similar to the rhino and pangolin: human superstition.
Dozens of sea turtles stabbed to death in Japan
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» A frustrated fisherman has confessed that he stabbed to death dozens of protected sea turtles on a southern Japanese island after they got caught in his fishing nets, local officials say.
Forever young: Many cold-blooded creatures don't age, studies show
AFP, Published on 24/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the secret to eternal youth: be born a turtle.
Hundreds of endangered baby giant turtles released into Cambodian river
AFP, Published on 23/05/2022
» Hundreds of critically endangered baby giant turtles were released into the Mekong River in Cambodia to mark World Turtle Day on Monday.
World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF
AFP, Published on 08/02/2022
» PARIS: Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found "in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale" wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday, calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics.