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 Indian flapshell turtle was recently rescued after it had strayed on to the busy Paithan-Ahmednagar road. “The reptile gathered huge public attention and could not return to its natural habitat as ...

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 ...

Guwahati: Two truck drivers from Chhattisgarh were remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in smuggling an Indian flapshell turtle, a species classified as “vulnerable” ...

Three alleged wildlife smugglers were arrested here and 297 rare Indian flapshell turtles were recovered from their possession, police said on Thursday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar said ...

Noida police on Thursday arrested two women who were allegedly involved in smuggling Indian flapshell turtles, which they caught from a river in Mathura and were trying to sell in Noida, ahead of ...

Twelve turtles were seized from two youths here on Sunday after an animal protection activist found flies buzzing around a bag that the duo were carrying. The seized Indian flapshell turtle is a ...

Indian flapshell turtles are not particularly rare but are a protected species - Copyright AFP - Indian flapshell turtles are not particularly rare but are a ...

Himanshu Bagri, divisional forest officer (DFO) Terai West forest division, said, “We had received a tip-off that one wildlife smuggler was planning to sell a flapshell turtle.” “So we decided to ...