Chinese tuck into Texas turtles
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Export trade threatens snappers, conservationists claim Conservation groups have warned that Texas's unprotected turtle species are at risk from unrestricted collection of snappers destined for Chinese gourmets, Reuters reports.â¦
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A leatherback turtle has chalked up a new migration record after covering more than 12,000 miles
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 24--The O'Malley administration plans to impose a moratorium on the trapping of diamondback terrapin, the Maryland mascot threatened by a growing market in China for turtle soup.
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A pet store has bought a two-headed turtle from a collector and plans to keep it on display, the store manager said. The 2-month-old turtle, actually conjoined red-eared slider twins, fits on a silver dollar.
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The Knoxville Zoo says it has become the first U.S. zoo to successfully breed Northern spider tortoises, a subspecies so rare they can no longer be exported from their native Madagascar off Africa's southeastern coast.
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A fossil unearthed in China may provide a first look at dinosaurs&#39; bird-like sleep. Xu Xing, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mark Norell, of the American Museum of Natural History, said in a report
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One of three turtles at the new Georgia Sea Turtle Center had surgery on Monday, only two days after the center opened.
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By Ma Lie  XI'AN: Twenty ibises that were bred in captivity were released into the wild yesterday in Ningshan County, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reflecting the progress that efforts to breed and protect the endangered species have made.
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Researchers in Vietnam announced Friday they have caught one of the world's most endangered turtles in the wild, a development which could bolster efforts to protect the species from hunters and collectors.
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Science & environment: Chinese scientists discover tree dwelling flying reptile with bird like feet
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The fossilized neck bones of a 230-million-year-old sea creature have features suggesting that the animal&#39;s snakelike throat could flare open and create suction that would pull in prey.
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Balanced on one leg like flamingos, a dozen people older than 60 concentrate on staying upright, as they master the basics of tai chi. Some are in sock feet, some are barefoot and one wears black dress shoes with shiny gold buckles.
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The fossil of a sea reptile with a neck twice as long as its body is solving the mystery of how some ancient reptiles used their long appendages.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Several species of sea turtles in Malaysia could vanish in a few years, largely due to illegal poaching of the creatures and their eggs, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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By Sallie James, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 8--CORAL SPRINGS -- With every scoop made by a rumbling trackhoe, injured turtles and waterbirds came closer this week to having a new home at the Sawgrass Nature Center.
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A two-headed turtle captured by a turtle collector is a rare example of a conjoined-twin birth, its owner said.
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Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.