American Box Turtle
Box turtles are in the Order Chelonia, Family Emydidae, and genus Terrapene. There are two major species in the United States: carolina (Eastern box turtle) and ornata (Western o...
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Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of the turtle...
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Close to 10 million turtles are traded each year in Asian food markets despite global efforts to stem the practice that many experts say is causing the rapid extinction of some species of the shell...
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At least three dozen sea turtles are getting a little vacation under heat lamps in this spring-break capital after being rescued from an arctic blast that caused the water temperature in an arm of ...
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Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been found dead along Bangladesh's coast in the past two weeks, triggering concerns about pollution and local fishing practices, an official said Thursday. A...
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Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been found dead along Bangladesh's coast over the past two weeks, triggering concerns about pollution and local fishing practices, an official said Thursday....
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A loggerhead sea turtle that was a popular attraction at the city aquarium departed Tuesday on a trip back to the Georgia coast where the reptile was hatched.Experts hope Dylan will soon be ready t...
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Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.The majority were found in the Corpus Christi area, including 81 on North Padre Island and four o...
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A U.S. study focusing on global sea turtle populations has found that half a dozen species are still endangered or threatened despite promising increases in the number of adult females and nests, U...
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People once thought nothing of killing the green turtles on these islands for their meat and eggs, decimating the rare species' ranks along the way. But local efforts to save the creatures _ throug...
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American Box Turtle
Environmentalists: Protect sea turtles
