WWF-Brazil has launched the video "Tabuleiro do Embaubal and the Amazon turtles". The 18 minute long video (with 4' and 30" versions), narrates the hatching of thousands of Amazon turtles and the work ...
The historically over-exploited Giant South American Turtle is making a significant comeback on river beaches in the Brazilian Amazon thanks to local protection efforts, say researchers at the ...
The Brazilian Amazon is home to 17 turtle species, all of which are under pressure from overexploitation, the illegal wildlife trade, widespread hydropower dam construction, and mercury contamination.