Socotra is an archipelago about 200 miles off the coast of Yemen. It is described as the original Garden of Eden and the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. It is a precious wildlife jewel that has been undisturbed for eons. It is the home of …
NEWS AND OPINION: In instances when a wild animal being filmed by the BBC documentary television crew is suffering and perhaps likely to die because of man-made problems such as climate change, nowadays they intervene and help the animal to survive whereas in the past …
It may surprise people, it certainly surprised me, that non-vocal species such as turtles and tortoises, lungfish and caecilians are actually quite vocal according to Gabriel Jorgewich-Coen, the lead researcher on a study and a PhD student at Zurich University. His team studied 53 species …
NEWS AND COMMENT-TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A baby sea turtle was rescued from Sydney beach and brought to Taronga Zoo where they have a wildlife hospital. While checking over the turtle and ensuring that it was in good health, it defecated plastic particles for six …
The UN declared the mouth of the leatherback turtle the most terrifying thing in the world. I’m not sure about that. I can think of more terrifying things but it is pretty horrible and it does attract one’s attention. Perhaps you had the same thought …
The Karpaz Peninsula that juts out north-east of the island of Cyprus is an important breeding ground for green sea turtles and loggerhead turtles. It is an area which is being developed for residential housing which will make things worse for these turtles. There is …
Cammy and Ernie are a couple of sea turtles at Manchester’s Sea Life aquarium. They were brought together to create offspring. In short, to breed. The staff were optimistic and they were showing signs of being amorous before the coronavirus lockdown. Surprisingly, they fell out …
