It’s not quite dawn when my tour group is allowed to step onto the beach at Playa Ostional to see a huge arribada, an arrival of olive ridley sea turtles...
The Burmese roofed turtle has been saved from the brink of extinction. The turtle had not been seen for over 20 years, leading many conservationists to assume that it was extinct. But in 2001, one Burmese roofed turtle was...
When architect Richard Kirk was tapped to lead the design for the Mon Repos Turtle Centre, he knew that his team at the international architecture firm KIRK would need to tread lightly...
It's not every day you see a turtle with a mohawk - even if that mohawk is made up of algae and not hair. The Mary River turtle is eye-catching for this stylish feature, and it is also known as a butt-breather, or a reptile...
Plastic and trash used to pile five feet high in some spots on Versova Beach in Mumbai, India, but in 2015, local lawyer Afroz Shah launched what the United Nations described as the "world's largest beach cleanup project"...
When baby sea turtles are born, within their first 24 hours they make the journey from nest to ocean. The trek should take a few minutes, but it sometimes lasts hours in urban settings where artificial light can disorient...
Why did hundreds of sea turtles perish near El Salvador? The country's ministry of environment and natural resources found 300-400 dead turtles in Jiquilisco Bay, so they took samples to try and determine why the animals...
Add this case to the list of selfish and oblivious tourists terrorizing an animal for their own entertainment. This week, a poor sea turtle was dragged onto a beach in Lebanon by people seeking a photo op, joining the ranks...
You’re floating in the warm waters of the South Pacific. As you glance into the world below, you notice a shimmer of colors, green, red, and orange. No, it’s not long lost treasure you’ve spotted. It is the critically...
Images via Shutterstock Flights can be long, boring, and lonely when traveling solo. Which may be why a man decided to smuggle his pet turtle through Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport security by disguising it as a hamburger....
Images via Shutterstock Flights can be long, boring, and lonely when traveling solo. Which may be why a man decided to smuggle his pet turtle through Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport security by disguising it as a hamburger....
Sure, the green and yellow hues of an au-natural tortoise shell may be beautiful in its own right, but it can make them nearly impossible to spot while their enjoying a stroll through the lawn...
Read the rest of Team Canada’s Solar Decathlon TRTL Solar Shell Home is Built for Native Canadians Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 2011 solar decathlon, eco design,...
Give meaningful gifts this holiday that will help protect endangered animals. This year, adopt wildlife through Oceana's adoption center. Friends and family will enjoy gifts that make a difference, and you will know that...
Because climate change works the way it does, that is changes now takes many years to “work through” the system, we are already locked in to a certain amount of climate change...
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