The flames were so intense from a Turtle Creek fire this morning, some firefighters had minor heat burns. One firefighter went to the hospital with an eye injury, Channel 11 was told. The fire broke ...

After three decades without a single sighting, 20 critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtles have been reintroduced to India's Ganga River system, according to India Today NE. The release marks ...

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A recent conservation initiative is closely monitoring the return of 20 critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtles in India’s Ganga River, where the species was nearly wiped out, reports ...

Jul. 2—Dr. Steven G. Platt, a former professor of Biology at Sul Ross State University, published an extensive study of a rare turtle in Myanmar in May. The Burmese Roofed Turtle (Batagur trivittata) ...

A performance of Moss Anthology#5 for Buglisi Dance Theatre (left). Ruby, an endangered Burmese roofed turtle who lives at a turtle sanctuary in New Jersey (right). Hisae Aihara/Martin Broen Get the ...

A rare turtle thought to be extinct just over a decade ago appears to be making a startling comeback. About 60 Myanmar roofed turtles were released in the wild in the past few weeks, a high point in a ...

OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Emergency crews rescued 12 people from boats Blue Turtle Bay Marina after a boat dock roof collapsed Wednesday night. The Nashville Fire Department and Office of Emergency ...

Dr. Steven G. Platt holds the shell of a Burmese Roofed Turtle, thought to have been extinct until recently. (Courtesy Photo) Dr. Steven G. Platt, a former professor of Biology at Sul Ross State ...