Once a sea turtle hunter, Joaquim Avelino Fragoso now patrols Angola’s Longa estuary to protect the very creatures he once ...

Giant loggerhead sea turtles are putting on a show at Hunting Island, which is not unusual. But in this nesting season, double the number have deposited their eggs then departed land, in full view ...

A small loggerhead turtle, just minutes old, survived two perils that could have and should have ended its young life. But thanks to the good eyes and quick responses of some human volunteers, the ...

A lot of turtle soup has come from the sloughs and backwaters of the Upper Mississippi, a favorite habitat of the American snapping turtle, a reptile, that fears only man. Snapper hunting in winter is ...

The little buggers are hatching daily. A perilous journey awaits them. The 2021 sea turtle nesting season at Hunting Island has officially closed, meaning no more big mama loggerhead sea turtles are ...

Turtle doves returning to Europe this spring face a less hospitable welcome, as the EU has just voted to let hunters resume shooting the birds. The species - which migrates from sub-Saharan Africa to ...

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The weird-looking pig-nosed turtle is under threat from traditional hunting in New Guinea. WITH A SNOUT LIKE A pig and movable digits like a tortoise, the pig-nosed turtle is thought to be an ...

Joaquim Avelino Fragoso, a former sea turtle hunter, now patrols Angola’s Longa estuary, protecting the species he once hunted. This transformation reflects a broader community effort to conserve ...