The Omani authorities have announced that a green turtle has returned to its shores to nest after a period of 23 years. The turtle, which was first registered by Oman's Environment Authority in 1996, appeared on the coast of Ras al-Jinz located in Oman’s Ash-Sharqiyyah South Governorate. It was the…
A Mexican politician has sparked outrage after posting a snap of an endangered loggerhead turtle chopped up and cooked in its shell as a traditional delicacy. Erika Celene Venalonzo Camacho, councillor for the Morena political party (centre-left) in the municipality of Comondu in the north-western Mexican state of Baja California…
This is the incredible turtle with “horns” growing out of its eyelids which has become a tourist attraction in Japan as zoo directors believe it is the only animal of its kind in the world. The Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) was donated to the iZoo facility in the town…
Newsflash/@prefeiturapaulista Footage has emerged showing almost 100 critically endangered baby sea turtles walking into the sea on a Brazilian beach empty amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Local media report a total of 97 Hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatched on the beach of Janga in the municipality of Paulista, in the north-eastern…
Picture Credit: AsiaWire Chinese authorities are letting people eat exotic animals again after relaxing their ban on the consumption of turtles and other marine life despite the coronavirus potentially originating in a fish market. China’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs suspended the trading and consumption of all animals falling…
