This is because, for most marine turtles, external temperatures determine their offspring's sex. Eggs incubated in sand ... can reach two meters long and live for 90 years, while smaller flatbacks ...

Turtles live exceptionally long lives thanks to their evolutionary strategies and biological mechanisms. Female turtles lay many eggs at natal beaches to increase their chance of survival and ...

The turquoise frog in Victor Berthelsdorf’s pond may look pretty, but for local turtles, bugs and other animals, it is ...

Police said many baby turtles got stuck in a stairwell on their way to the lake. Animal protection officers were able to ...

Freshwater turtles eat insects and aquatic larvae, crustaceans and aquatic vegetation. Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings ...

Most people only see them when the females leave the water in early summer to locate nesting sites where they lay between 20 and 80 ping pong ball-shaped eggs. Unfortunately ... of Health forbids the ...

have seized 4,001 live turtles which were due to be trafficked to Indonesia. The eggs and the meat of the freshwater turtles is considered a delicacy in some parts of the world. Officials found ...

The turtles live in various bodies of water and lay between 20 and 40 eggs at a time in various soil, sand, or gravel deposits.

Paperwork follows every sale, so buyers know the eggs are legal ... “We’re trying to link where these turtles live, which is here, with where they lay their eggs,” Pilcher says.

For sea turtles, it’s a miracle just to survive. It’s estimated that only one out of 1,000 hatchlings will live long enough ... fat, oil, eggs, skin or shells. Over many centuries, widespread ...

As time passed drifting at sea, the Robertsons' turtle recipes became more inventive. "We made soup out of turtle eggs - and we chewed ... "You could live a long time on canned meat - however ...