Turtles are facing the greatest challenge in their evolutionary history, and there are too few people out there who are fighting hard to save them.
Turtles evolved about 200 million years ago, even before dinosaurs. Today they are found everywhere, from tropical rainforests to deserts, in freshwater, in saltwater and on land. But turtles are under attack, and populations are in decline. Areas of southeast Asia have lost up to 80 percent of their freshwater turtles in the past 10 years because of the high demand for them as food as well as the pollution from the manufacture of...
Turtles are facing the greatest challenge in their evolutionary history, and there are too few people out there who are fighting hard to save them...