On Friday, June 19, Philippine authorities raided a warehouse on the island of Palawan and confiscated more than 4,000 live, illegally harvested rare turtles, only days before they were to be shipped ...

There are only four specimens of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle left on Earth—one in the wild and three in captivity. In order to save this species from extinction, conservation partners from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese big-headed turtle hatches at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo in New York, in this undated handout ...

BOSTON – Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become ...

(AP) -- Six Chinese fishermen accused of poaching endangered sea turtles were charged in a Philippine court Monday, part of efforts to protect threatened wildlife along the country's coastline.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For nearly 15 years, china has been trying to engineer a "brain gain" ...

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle looks like someone glued the snout of a pig onto the face of a fish, with the texture of a scrotum for good measure. But its bizarre appearance pales in comparison to ...

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A team of biologists has published a paper revealing that when Chinese soft-shelled turtles mysteriously dunk their heads in puddles for up to 100 minutes a time, they are in fact urinating from their ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours Monday for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in ...