The giant South American river turtle, also known as the Arrau turtle, is a threatened species native to freshwater lakes and rivers in the rivers and lakes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. “We ...

A University of Florida research team has developed a more accurate way to count wildlife using drones — an innovation that helped confirm the world’s largest known nesting site for a threatened ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The world's largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, after drones enabled better surveys of the ...

A groundbreaking study by a University of Florida (UF) research team has not only confirmed the world's largest known nesting site for a threatened turtle species but also unveiled a revolutionary ...

KENDRAPARA: When Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed development of ‘turtle trails’ along key nesting sites in ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...