Turtles

Posted at 17:32 19 Nov 2020
Plastics 'unfolding disaster' for US marine life
For the first time, advocates have tracked how animals in US waters are harmed by plastic pollution.
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Posted at 22:06 28 Oct 2020
Record number of endangered turtles hatch in Mexico
It is believed to be the result of reduced human activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Posted at 16:40 11 Aug 2020
Jersey Zoo shells out to give rare turtles a new home
Andrew Segal
BBC News
Copyright: Matt Goetz
Two Madagascar big-headed turtles have been given a new home at Jersey Zoo.
Staff said the species, known locally as "rere", was found only in Madagascar and thought to be "one of the most endangered species of turtle in the world".
The two turtles were transferred to Jersey last year after having been confiscated from smugglers in Hong Kong a year earlier and can now be seen by the public having had a chance to grow accustomed to their new surroundings.
They added that Jersey was "only the second zoo in Europe to hold this species", which was listed as critically endangered in the wild, "mainly due to habitat loss and over-exploitation for human consumption through unsustainable fishing techniques".
The rescued animals were to "form the nucleus of a new captive breeding group to learn more about the species and act as education ambassadors for our Madagascar conservation programme", the zoo said.
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Posted at 7:37 4 Apr 2020
10 years to save 'world’s most threatened sea turtle'
By Helen Briggs
BBC News, science and environment
The critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback's future looks "dire," say conservationists.
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Posted at 0:14 27 Mar 2020
Watch sea turtles emerge in a hatching 'frenzy'
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Video caption: Green sea turtles: Vulnerable animal's hatching season draws to close
The green sea turtle is vulnerable to extinction as the climate warms, Australian scientists say.
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Posted at 17:13 9 Mar 2020
Thousands of turtles rescued from smuggling ring
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Video caption: Colombian police rescue 2,000 smuggled freshwater turtles
The turtles were found by a sniffer dog during a routine check at an airport in Colombia.
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Posted at 15:59 9 Mar 2020
Why plastic is a deadly attraction for sea turtles
By Helen Briggs
BBC News
Scientists have new evidence to explain why sea turtles eat and become entangled in plastic so often.
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Posted at 8:48 13 Feb 2020
A turtle fossil the side of a car is discovered in South America
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Video caption: The turtle is believed to have lived around 7-13 million years ago
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Posted at 4:45 13 Feb 2020
Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed
The turtle is believed to have lived in northern South America between 13 and seven million years ago.
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Posted at 6:40 6 Feb 2020
'A turtle inspired us to tackle plastic pollution'
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A couple who met while travelling say seeing the "scary" impact of rubbish spurred them into action.
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Posted at 22:56 28 Jan 2020
Haunting image of trapped sea turtle wins award
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Video caption: Image of trapped sea turtle wins underwater photo award
Shane Gross captured the haunting photo while diving near the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
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Posted at 15:28 20 Jan 2020
Turtle found injured off south coast dies
The olive ridley turtle, usually found in much warmer waters, was found off an East Sussex beach.
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Posted at 15:55 19 Jan 2020
Rare turtle found injured off south coast
The turtle is being treated at the Sea Life centre in Brighton after being found by swimmers.
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Posted at 15:10 12 Jan 2020
Wildlife park to host national turtle sanctuary
The sanctuary at Friskney hopes eventually to have 5,000 imported turtles and terrapins.
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Posted at 1:12 22 Dec 2019
Rare leatherback turtle 'alive when stranded'
Zoologists are conducting tests to find out why the animal was found dead on a riverbank in Essex.
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Posted at 14:49 19 Dec 2019
Endangered turtle washes up on beach
The Kemp's ridley turtle is the most endangered in the world and only nine have washed up in the UK.
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Posted at 18:32 13 Dec 2019
Leatherback turtle found washed up near river
The coastguard said there had been no record of such a sighting on the east coast before.
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Posted at 1:23 12 Oct 2019
Meet the turtles who made Cardiff their home
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Video caption: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'led to Cardiff lake influx'
How a popular cartoon led to terrapins living wild in a Cardiff lake.
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Posted at 1:20 12 Oct 2019
City's terrapin influx 'after Ninja Turtles boom'
By Amanda Cashmore
BBC News
In the 1990s, reptiles appeared in a park during the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze.
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Posted at 6:29 29 Sep 2019
ICYMI: Saving baby turtles to underwater hockey
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Saving baby turtles to underwater hockey.
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