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Amateur fossil hunter discovers 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
Derek Larson/The Canadian Press
<p>Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island&rsquo;s Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary.<br />As he knelt down and began chipping away around the patch of brown, he felt ...
70,000 Sea Turtles Nest Undisturbed Thanks To COVID-19
Vegan News   13 April 2020   India   Odisha  
<p>Olive ridley sea turtles have made a striking comeback in the Indian state of Odisha recently thanks to the current coronavirus pandemic.<br />Over 70,000 of the beautiful sea turtles returned to their nesting grounds this year after skipping their annual ...
Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed
BBC NEWS   13 February 2020   Colombia, Venezuela  
The Stupendemys geographicus was roughly the size of a car
<p>Fossils of a turtle the size of a car have been unearthed in what is now northern South America.<br />The turtle - Stupendemys geographicus - is believed to have roamed the region between 13 and 7 million years ago.<br />The fossils were found in Colombia's ...
What the shell?! Meet the Rhea, the 100-year-old turtle who can't swim underwater because she can't fart
A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive (stock image)
<p>A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive. <br />Rhea the green sea turtle was brought to the Ark Aid Animal Hospital in the Northern Territory on ...