Iranian rocket Kavoshgar-3 launched into space today with worms, two turtles and a rat on board. Today's launch marks the first time that Iran launched living creatures into space. The launch was accompanied by the...
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With increased buying power, the turtle demand is booming in China. Florida has made a move to protect its wild stock of turtles. " The Chinese eat turtles—especially softshell and snapper species—and use...
Once again, comes a day where we have to sit back, analyze and take some action to help one of mother natures finest creations - The Turtle. World Turtle Day is celebrated each year on the 23rd of May. It might...
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Now parents have an official scientific excuse to say “no” to their children’s pleas to get them a hamster or an amphibian. The Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics has released a report stating...
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Authorities are reminding people that turtles are protected by law following the removal of a large green turtle that had washed ashore on Corindi Beach, north of Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia earlier this month...
It's rare to find loggerhead turtles on UK beaches and when we do they are almost always dead or dying, their shells badly broken up on the South West's rocky shoreline. These two were survivors - a teenage...
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Each summer, April to September, Florida beaches host the largest gathering of nesting sea turtles in the U.S. Sea turtles once roamed the oceans by the millions but over the past few centuries, the demand...
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Bette Midler cut down hundreds of rare trees in Hawaii, claiming she "didn't know" they were valuable. Canadians face continual invasions of big money into forests, delicate northern landscapes and natural environments. And here are two more examples of people...
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The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...
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A mystery plaguing the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife may
be solved. For years they have been investigating the cause of foreign
creatures appearing in New Jersey rivers. It hadn't occurred to them...
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The Qatari government has launched a new initiative to protect sea turtles. The initiative is headed by the Supreme Council for Environment and Nautral Reserves...a supreme effort indeed to protect a supreme...
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Tesco Farm turtles to be sold in their Supermarkets in China.
The turtles are sold alive, once purchased the customer can have the live turtle butchered in the Tesco Supermarket. The customer can also choose to...
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"Is not a fountain. It is the Turtle. Whom it turns out are not only living fossils but the longest living teenagers. And we are it's only real enemy and the reason for its possible extinction. “Turtles don’t really die of old age,” Dr. Raxworthy said....
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Laura Schlessinger, not a doctor but plays one, writes a column for Wendy McCaw's Santa Barbara News-Press Thursdays and Sundays. It's part of what Wendy and co-publisher Baron Arthur von Wiesenberger (better...
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