The Yellow-Spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel,1848), has a wide distribution within the Amazon region and is generalist in its nesting site choice. Monitoring the nesting habits of ...

and is formed by seven river beaches within a 30km radius—five river beaches on the Brazilian side and two on the Bolivian side—where Arrau turtles (Podocnemis expansa), yellow-spotted Amazon river ...

The Guaporé River Valley, in the Amazon, is one of the largest turtle nurseries in the world and the largest in Brazil. However, the number of hatchlings in it may not exceed 350 thousand by 2024 ...

Number of hatchlings plummeted from 1.4 million to 349,000 in the Guaporé Valley, Rondônia, due to wildfires and drought ...

Last year, the number dropped to just 349,000. Amazon river turtles and yellow-spotted river turtles are the most common species. In addition to being affected by climate changes in the region, the ...

There has been a surprise discovery at the Aquarium of Niagara, where staff recently welcomed two new spotted turtles. This is critical news as the New York State Department of Environmental ...

The Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru ...

This is a first in the aquarium's history. Earlier this year, employees at the aquarium noticed a female Spotted Turtle burying her eggs in the sand. The turtles incubate about 50-90 days.

mosquito nets—centered around a courtyard with cement pools where the staff raises vulnerable yellow-spotted Amazon River turtles to give them a head start so they’re not preyed upon by ...