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Why are there so many turtle symbolisms in It: Welcome to Derry? Details explored

For now, it seems that the many turtles in It: Welcome to Derry are more than just some background details. They connect the ...

Ruby the turtle needs a new greenhouse. Dance companies are stepping up.

Ruby the Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) might not be fighting crime like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but ...
KTVZ

That turtle you give as a gift may have been trafficked illegally, ODFW warns

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Turtle shell fragments scattered around the nest boxes confirmed his fears: 14 newly-hatched turtles were missing. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Chris Yee, who ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Emergency Action Taken for Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— The National Marine Fisheries Service has ordered a six-month emergency closure of the bottom longline fishery in the Gulf of Mexico to protect imperiled sea turtles from capture ...
KEYT

Sea turtles strandings have increased dramatically. Congress might create a fund to bail them out

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sea turtle strandings have ticked up at an alarming rate in New England, but now the reptiles are close to receiving a lifeline from Congress to help them stay in the water.