According to the Turtle Conservation Society, most turtle species live from 10 to 80 years. But sea turtles and large land tortoises can live to be much older. Their lifespan can be 150 years or more.
Indigenous rangers with the Apudthama Land Trust brave saltwater crocodiles ... “Everything—every aspect, every single species of turtle, every threat that they face—is anthropogenic.” ...
The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated ... The biologists and volunteers carried the turtles, whose flippers were frantically waggling. The land dwellers carefully placed the ...
Michael Corcoran, a former captain for the Clinton Police Department Marine Control and avid fisherman, said that he often comes across floating debris in his boat from helium balloons that drift far ...