Turtles & Tortoises
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Animal Sex: How Red-Eared Sliders Do ItRed-eared slider reproduction involves large claws, extra-long penises and numbers of eggs.
By Joseph Castro Published
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For Some Turtles, Science Is a Real Turn-OnScientists are using vibrators to coax reluctant male turtles into, um, revealing themselves.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Why Scientists Are Growing Herpes-Ridden Turtle Skin in the LabDr. Frankenstein, eat your heart out: Scientists have grown the pebbly green skin of sea turtles in the lab for the first time ever.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Watch: The Mysterious Graveyard Where Turtles Go to DieA mysterious turtle graveyard just off the island of Borneo has stymied experts for years, ever since Jacque Cousteau discovered it in 1998.
By Tia Ghose Published
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Turtle Triumph: Nine New Cambodian Royal Turtles HatchNine hatchlings raise hope for the critically endangered Royal Turtle.
By Kacey Deamer Published
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US Marines Airlifted 1,100 Tortoises to New Desert HomesThe two-week-long relocation effort was four years in the making.
By Kacey Deamer Published
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First Animal? Jellyfish May Take the PrizeIf scientists were to draw an enormous family tree for all of Earth's animals, the oldest branch would belong to the jellyfish, a new study finds.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Reel Threat: How Recreational Fishing Endangers Freshwater TurtlesSwallowed fishhooks are a deadly and unexplored threat to freshwater turtles, and a new study is the first to estimate the impact of fishhook deaths on turtle populations.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Sea Turtle 'Bank' Dies After 915 Coins Removed from StomachThe turtle died after 915 coins were removed from her stomach.
By Kacey Deamer Published
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