When Turtles Divorce
June 11, 2012 by Michael Mountain
It may have been one of the longest relationships on record. But two Giant Turtles at the Austrian Zoo have fallen out of love and are making it clear they want to go their separate ways.
Giant Turtle Returned to the Ocean
May 23, 2012 by Michael Mountain
A touching video of a giant leatherback turtle being rescued and returned to the ocean on the beaches of Grenada. Check out the work of the KIDO Ecological Research Station, which is working to preserve the land and ocean there. Leatherback turtles are the biggest and fastest turtles in the ocean. Right now, they can [...]
World’s Cutest Turtle
February 13, 2012 by Michael Mountain
“They’re living fossils,” says Ray Bosmans, president of the Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society (MATTS), a conservation and education group that helps place abandoned turtles and tortoises into new homes.
Skip the Plastic, Save the Turtles
July 5, 2011 by Michael Mountain
A new study from Earthwatch in Queensland looked at the guts of over 120 dead turtles found in Moreton Bay. Dr. Kathy Townsend found plastic rubbish in over 30 per cent of them.