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It's the size of a small car, has outlived the dinosaurs can dive a bonkers 1,000 metres down

They appear straight out of prehistory – and they are; the reptiles have survived mostly unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs. They are a soft shelled turtle with thick, black, rubbery skin where ...
WLRN

Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles rescued off New England on the mend at Keys turtle hospital

More than two dozen very rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys Tuesday night after being rescued from frigid waters off the New England coast. Packed in banana boxes — perfectly sized for ...
WPRI 12

Salmonella cases reported in nearly a dozen states linked to small turtles, CDC says

KANSAS (KSNW) – A nationwide salmonella outbreak has been linked to small turtles that can be purchased online, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC announced this week ...
Miami Herald

Rare sea turtles rescued off New England on the mend at Keys turtle hospital

Staff at the The Turtle Hospital in Marathon tend to 25 very rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles rescued from frigid waters in Cape Cod Bay this week. Mark Hedden Florida Keys News Bureau More than two ...