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A Guide to African Sideneck Turtles: Caring for These Unique Pets

Explore their habitat needs, behavior, diet, and care guide. Aquatic turtles are enjoyable to observe, particularly the distinctive African sideneck turtle. They earned their name because they cannot ...

Bird and tortoise fossil tracks on South Africa's coast: Latest findings are world firsts

The south coast of South Africa's Western Cape province is a rich source of fossil tracks and traces—clues suggesting what ...
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Modern-day African softshell turtles have less diverse diets than their ancient counterparts, with human-driven agriculture and carrion likely shaping their change in foraging

Author countries: The Netherlands, Denmark, U.K., Italy, U.S., Türkiye. Funding: The first author received support from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network SeaChanges, funded by the ...
Cape Town ETC

Swim to save endangered turtles and be part of something bigger

A group of intrepid swimmers are swimming 11km through the icy Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town's Robben Island to Granger Bay, ...
KTEN

A 100-pound tortoise is on the run in Denison

DENISON, Texas (KTEN) -- The search is on for an unlikely runaway in Denison, and the chase is certainly not fast-paced. Barney, a sulcata African spurred tortoise, roughly the size of a car tire, has ...