Fossils of car-sized dinosaur-era sea turtle unearthed in Spain
- 18-Nov-2022
Plying the subtropical seas that washed the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car – a Mini Cooper to be precise – that braved dangerous waters. Researchers on Thursday described remains discovered in northeastern […]
Watch: School bus rolls down slope and turns turtle in Maharashtra
- 27-Sep-2022
Mumbai: A school bus, with children on board, turned turtle as the driver tried to reverse it on a ramp. A CCTV camera near the Green City Complex recorded the incident that occurred at 6;50 am near Mumbai in Ambernath’s Green City Complex. @PMOIndia@nitin_gadkari@CMOMaharashtra @DGPMaharashtra @ThaneCityPolice @ThaneCollector Ambernath(Thane) #INNERQWHEELSCHOOL bus (MH43H0479)got accident inside #GreenCityComplex Ambernath […]
Wildlife team cradles green turtles babies from Karachi beach to sea
- 06-Dec-2021
KARACHI: A female turtle lumbers across the beach in Pakistan’s bustling port city of Karachi late at night, looking for a place to lay her eggs. Waiting for her, staff from Sindh Wildlife watch quietly as the green turtle buries a hundred or more eggs in the sand before heading back out into the Arabian […]
Two-headed turtle amazes netizens, pictures go viral
- 15-Oct-2021
It happens because of both genetic and environmental reasons
Two dead, 16 injured as speeding passenger coach turns turtle in Quetta
- 07-Sep-2021
QUETTA: Two persons were dead and 16 others sustained wounds as a speeding passenger coach turned turtle over in Quetta, ARY News reported on Tuesday. According to the rescue sources, the ill-fated passenger coach was coming to Mastung from Karachi, when it turned turtle over near Khadkocha, Mastung. As a result, two persons were dead […]
Turtle escapes alligators’ wrath; video goes viral
- 17-Sep-2020
The video shows the alligator trying to crush the turtle between his strong jaws.
Woman fined for taking turtle for a walk amid strict lockdown
- 14-Apr-2020
A woman who took her pizza-sized turtle out for a walk has been fined 400 euros ($440) by the Roman police for breaking strict coronavirus confinement rules.
Car-sized prehistoric turtle was built for battle
- 13-Feb-2020
One of the largest turtles that ever lived prowled the lakes and rivers of northern South America from about 13 million years ago to 7 million years ago
World’s rarest turtle moves a step closer to extinction
- 15-Apr-2019
The world's rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo
Eight children die after eating turtle in Madagascar
- 16-Jan-2018
ANTANANARIVO: Eight children have died after suffering acute food poisoning believed to have been caused by eating sea turtle meat in northern Madagascar, the country’s health service said on Tuesday. The consumption of sea turtles and 24 other fish species by humans is not recommended by experts, as they are known to consume toxic algae […]