Three species of vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered, freshwater turtles are widely poached from Bangladesh to meet market demand in the Indian state of Tripura, according to a study.

The unusual bright yellow creature, an albino Indian flapshell turtle, got rescued in West Bengal, India. And the internet thinks it looks like cheese, or an egg yolk. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes ...

An injured Indian flapshell turtle, found in Masterpara area under Sreemangal upazila headquarters of the district on Tuesday night, was released to the wild after treatment yesterday. "Hearing from ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) An Indian flapshell turtle was rescued from Chirag Enclave in the national capital, a wildlife body said Saturday. The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys Punctata) is a ...

Agra (UP), Nov 30 (PTI) An Indian Flapshell turtle who was in danger of being attacked by wild dogs was rescued from a residential area here, a wildlife NGO said Friday. The turtle was kept under ...

The Forest Department has seized an Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) and arrested a resident of Ulloor here in this connection. A case has been registered in the Palode forest range for ...

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has seized 97 rare Indian flapshell turtles, locally known as 'Sundari turtles', here while they were being smuggled from Azamgarh to West Bengal, officials said on ...

A rare albino Indian flapshell turtle has been discovered in Telangana in southern India. Wildlife photographers Manoj Kumar Vittapu and Shravan Kumar Poshetty discovered the newly hatched turtle – ...

BHUBANESWAR : In a major crackdown against illegal smuggling of protected wildlife species, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday seized 1,448 Indian flapshell turtles from Khurda ...