Giant South American river turtle hatchlings make sounds before they exit their eggs and continue to do so even as they clamber out of the nest chamber onto the river beach. Turtles are popularly ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Years ago, in the Brazilian Amazon, I was exposed to a prevalent philosophy for how animals relate to humans, one I did not expect. To the indigenous people I encountered, an animal's primary purpose ...

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 ...