NBC 6 South Florida

Chilly sea turtles from New England flown to Florida Keys to warm up

Twenty critically endangered sea turtles are getting some much needed TLC. The Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the smallest species in the world, touched down in South Florida after suffering from ...
Discover Wildlife

It's the size of a small car, has outlived the dinosaurs can dive a bonkers 1,000 metres down

They appear straight out of prehistory – and they are; the reptiles have survived mostly unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs. They are a soft shelled turtle with thick, black, rubbery skin where ...
The Herald SC

The quest to protect the bog turtle: Saving North Carolina’s smallest turtle

Trudging through the thorny brush, Mike Knoerr is on a quest. Thunk. Thunk. Two five-foot long wooden dowels, the width of a pool stick, are in each of his hands. Methodically, he pokes them into the ...
Mongabay

In Mexico, world’s smallest turtle faces big threats from trafficking, habitat loss

The Vallarta mud turtle, the world’s smallest turtle, lives only in temporary lagoons in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta, which poses a huge challenge for its conservation. By the time ...
IFLScience

North America’s Smallest Turtle Is The Cutest Thing You’ll Find In A Bog

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...