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.

Camila Ferrara is an aquatic turtle specialist with the Brazil Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This article is the second in a series celebrating the contributions of women to the ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Brazilian Amazon’s Trombetas River is well known for its exceptional biodiversity, including nesting turtles. In 1979, to protect flora and ...

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 ...

East of the northern Ucayali River in Peru is a geologically subsiding basin crossed by winding rivers and extensive wetlands. Much of this topographically flat region is flooded for several months ...

Forty years of community engagement has brought the freshwater turtles of Brazil back from the brink—but lack of funding may imperil conservation. ByKatherine J. Wu Tuesday, November 13, 2018 NOVA ...

Camila Ferrara is an aquatic turtle specialist with the Brazil Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This article is the second in a series celebrating the contributions of women to the ...