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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...
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After 50 years of neglect, a rescued turtle finally sees the sun
It took 48 years for Rockalina to get a taste of earthworm. The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside a New York home, never once venturing outside. Her nails curled into her feet ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...
Turtley Awesome! Youth Lead the Way at Second Annual TurtleFest
Last weekend, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) hosted TurtleFest 2025 at Heart Lake Conservation Park.
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Native turtles return to Yosemite after removal of more than 16,000 invasive bullfrogs
Over the course of six years, Woodruff and her team removed more than 16,000 American bullfrogs from the park − an invasive species that makes life for the northwestern pond turtle nearly ...
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Man caught attempting to smuggle living turtle through airport security down the front of his pants
A TSA official said it is the first time he has seen anything like this. A Pennsylvania man attempting to go through airport security was discovered to have been hiding a living turtle in his ...
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Turtle found covered in more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles, algae
May 22 (UPI) --Marine rescuers in North Carolina said they removed more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms from a stranded green sea turtle. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore said ...