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 ...

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 ...

After patiently waiting decades for a trio of endangered Indian turtles to reproduce, San Diego Wildlife Alliance officials are celebrating the arrival of 41 hatchlings this summer. This marks the ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo. Zoo officials on Monday ...

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 ...

At least 297 rare turtles in two species had hatched from their nests in Cambodia during the 2026 breeding season, said a news release from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia on Monday.

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 ...