Animalia The turtle moms that ‘talk’ to their eggs before they hatch. Turtles aren’t known for their parental instincts, but the arrau is an exception.

Arrau turtles are communal nesters; females come together and lay their eggs on the same beach. In a great year, 50,000 to 100,000 baby turtles can hatch on that beach, though flooding and ...

When the eggs hatch, they help the baby turtles get to the river. A researcher from the Amazonian Chelonian Program examines a newly hatched Arrau turtle. Image courtesy of PQA. Impact of forest fires ...

As with its smaller cousin, the Arrau turtle has suffered from the theft of its eggs and of adult turtles. It’s a bigger species that lays more eggs per individual, 26 to 184, with a shorter ...

EMPEROR penguins endure months of subzero temperatures without eating, all to incubate their eggs. Wolf spiders carry their offspring – hundreds of them – around after they hatch. Poison dart ...

Arrau turtles are communal nesters; females come together and lay their eggs on the same beach. In a great year, 50,000 to 100,000 baby turtles can hatch on that beach, though flooding and ...

Onassis, a giant Amazon River turtle, has lived at the zoo since 1969. No one knows exactly how old she is, but she's still curious and healthy.

Arrau turtles are communal nesters; females come together and lay their eggs on the same beach. In a great year, 50,000 to 100,000 baby turtles can hatch on that beach, though flooding and ...