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Council asks feds to review green sea turtle status, move to allow traditional cultural harvest
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420-year Age Claim For Late Tortoise Draws Controversy
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (657+ words) BY GEORGE OKOJIE and ADEBAYO WAHEED, Ibadan Controversy has continued to trail the longevity of the tortoise, believed to be 420 years old and known as Baba, that died on 14th September, 2026, at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oyo State....
420-year-old Palace Tortoise, ‘Baba,’ Dies in Oyo
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (781+ words) An ancient tortoise known as Baba, regarded in Oyo as one of the oldest living links to the empire’s royal past, has died at the Alaafin’s Palace, with Palace authorities putting its age at about 420 years. Baba died on Monday…...
Family The Animals of Family in the World of Niroo
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Wildlife experts discover rare two-headed turtle on Cape Cod
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (304+ words) A rare two-headed turtle has been discovered on Cape Cod and has been taken into a sanctuary to be monitored. Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts has handled a wide range of unusual animal cases, including a screech owl found in…...
IN THE GARDEN: Box turtles in reader’s yard have a taste for Empress Wu hostas | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (99+ words) IN THE GARDEN: Box turtles in reader’s yard have a taste for Empress Wu hostas The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette IN THE GARDEN: Box turtles in reader’s yard have a taste for Empress Wu hostas Q: I know that this is going…...
Potter Park Zoo releases 20 Blanding's turtles into the wild
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (21+ words) WSMH Potter Park Zoo releases 20 Blanding's turtles into the wild...
Rare two-headed turtle is found on Cape Cod
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (363+ words) The last rare two-headed turtle hatchling in Cape Cod was found in 2021 Double trouble! A rare two-headed baby turtle has been discovered on Cape Cod. The diamondback terrapin, weighing 5.2-gram, was found Thursday at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet…...
Sea turtles have survived for more than 100 million years and can navigate thousands of miles of open ocean using Earth’s magnetic field — yet artificial lights along a beach can still send newly hatched turtles crawling inland instead of toward the sea
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (221+ words) Fifty-five baby loggerheads died on a Florida road in August, and every one of them was doing exactly what it was built to do....
After surviving 70 to 80 years in the Atlantic, a 270-pound loggerhead turtle was found swimming in confused circles off the Florida Keys — she looked almost pristine on the outside, but something had left her unable to swim normally
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (297+ words) A turtle that outlasted a century in the ocean was spinning helplessly—and her pristine shell offered no clue to what had gone catastrophically wrong inside. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Daniel Moran Published September 18, 2026 · How we edit…...