Thursday Turtle: Meet Pambos, the romance-seeking turtle wandering in the sea August 1, 2019 Pambos, a turtle with a satellite tracker, is looking for love up and down the coast of Cyprus. The male loggerhead turtle has been… Continue Reading
Tuesday Tortoise: Woman allegedly says she killed zoo turtle to draw attention to herself June 18, 2019 A woman who allegedly hit a Greek tortoise at the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden with a stone that resulted in killing the animal… Continue Reading
Thursday Turtle: Thief claiming to be a liberator takes Squishy the turtle from Houston Zoo May 30, 2019 A turtle known as “Squishy” is missing after the critter was taken from the Houston Zoo by someone who claimed to be freeing the… Continue Reading
Tuesday Turtle: Cop faces off against turtle blocking the road April 9, 2019 It’s turtle season in North Carolina and the turtles are ready to battle. When a Hillsborough police officer tried to scurry a turtle off… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Viewers left stunned as baby turtle snatched and eaten by seagull on Blue Planet Live April 1, 2019 It was the day innocence died for thousands of viewers of Blue Planet. As host Liz Bonnin was talking about baby turtles and their… Continue Reading
Thursday Turtles: Oldest case of bone cancer found in 240 million year old turtle shell February 14, 2019 Turtles didn’t always have shells and during the Triassic period, about 240 million years ago, a shell-like turtle has been found with bone cancer,… Continue Reading
Science teacher who fed sick puppy to snapping turtle acquitted of animal cruelty January 7, 2019 A science teacher who sparked worldwide attention after he fed a sick puppy to a turtle in front of students has been found not… Continue Reading
U.S. Coast Guard rescues sea turtle tangled in floating bales of cocaine December 20, 2017 Quick-acting – and kind-hearted – members of the United States Coast Guard saved a large sea turtled entwined in bundles of cocaine worth a… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Turtle name Bank who had 915 coins removed from belly dies March 22, 2017 A sad update to report: the coin eating sea turtle from Thailand has died after failing to recover from surgery to remove all the… Continue Reading
Tortoise survives being set on fire live on Facebook, Alabama man charged September 13, 2016 By some miracle, Leonardo was expected to recover and is now back in the wild. Leonardo is the tortoise that was set ablaze and live-streamed… Continue Reading
