Today is your lucky day because, in my mind, it’s Terrapin Friday! In today’s episode we present Patches, a black-breasted leaf turtle who lives at the Knoxville Zoo. This 30-year-old turtle was ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – “Patches”, a black-breasted leaf turtle at Zoo Knoxville, is now sporting a custom prosthetic mask created for her by veterinarians at the University of Tennessee College of ...
Japan is asking the world’s governments to help protect the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle. Japan is asking the world’s governments to help protect the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, a rare ...
Herpetologist Stephen Nelson holds a baby black-breasted leaf turtle hatched Saturday, Aug. 6. Zoo Knoxville is one of around 2,800 accredited zoos nationwide that work to save endangered species like ...
Okinawa black-breasted leaf turtle, at the Neo Park Okinawa, Japan. (Image via Wikipedia) TOKYO (AFP) — More than 60 endangered turtles have disappeared from a zoo in Japan’s southernmost province in ...
Patches, a 30-year-old black-breasted leaf turtle in residence at the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee, is the proud new owner of a very tiny 3-D printed facemask. Zoo staff noticed a year ago that Patches ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – ”Patches”, a black-breasted leaf turtle at Zoo Knoxville, is now sporting a custom prosthetic mask created for her by veterinarians at the University of Tennessee College of ...
Patches' unique mask covers an old injury, protecting the endangered turtle against infection Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...
Knoxville News Sentinel: Zoo Knoxville works to save endangered turtle species from extinction