TWO female travellers were caught attempting to smuggle 68 live African mud turtles into China by concealing them under their dresses. CCTV footage showed one of the women, dressed in a loose black ...

Mistaken identity A Seychelles freshwater turtle species declared extinct after decades of futile searches, never existed, say scientists. While humans have contributed to the extinction of several ...

The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto as extinct never existed. Scientists discovered this based on genetic evidence. The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto ...

It may not be the most fashionable salon on the savannah, but turtles were recently caught operating a grooming service for warthogs out of a muddy waterhole in South Africa. In fact, there are very ...