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There are a few more white-throated snapping turtles in Queensland, Australia than researchers previously thought, which is great news for the 'bum-breathing', critically endangered species. While the ...

An Australian river turtle with a distinctive green punk-rock hairstyle, two spikes under its chin and the ability to breathe through its genitals is on a new list of endangered reptiles. The Mary ...

Well, here's some super-sad news to wrap up your Wednesday. Researches believe the turtle-specific herpesvirus that causes fibropapillomatosis - a condition in which disfiguring tumors grow on the ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

On the plane from Cairns, I ask the man sitting next to me why he's going to Cape York, in far north Queensland, especially as he doesn't seem to be on a business trip - he's wearing shorts and ...

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A year on from the record-breaking flooding on New South Wales' Mid North Coast, experts say numbers of the Manning River turtles are at pre-flood levels.