The San Diego Zoo announced the hatching of 41 endangered Indian narrow-headed softshell turtles Monday after a 21-year effort to breed them. With this accomplishment, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

After years of self-learning and experimentation, a young farmer in southern Vietnam now earns stable income from softshell turtles.

The rewilding of 50 captive-bred spotted softshell turtles has sparked hope among conservationists for the future of the rare and threatened species in Vietnam, a country where softshell turtles are ...

Conservationists have initiated breeding programs in Vietnam to recover spotted softshell turtle populations threatened by overconsumption and habitat loss. Based on a literature study, field surveys ...

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance researchers are celebrating their first successful breeding of an endangered Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle. The hatchlings are the product of a reproductive ...

THERE. PRETTY GOOD. RARE AND ENDANGERED TURTLE SPECIES HAS BRED AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO. STAFF SAY THEY ARE CARING FOR A 41 INDIAN NARROW HAD A SOFT SHELL TURTLE HATCHLINGS. CONSERVATION ISTS HAD ...

An Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchling. Courtesy San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The San Diego Zoo announced Monday that conservationists have succeeded in breeding the endangered Indian ...

Two paratypes of Pelodiscus variegatus sp. n. in life. A, C) female, 75.2 mm. B, D) female, 86.6 mm. Credit: Thomas Ziegler/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam, the ...

According to a news release from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, the zoo welcomed 41 Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings over the summer. SDZWA said that the zoo has become the first ...