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Wildlife Reserves Singapore Hosts Regional Workshop On Turtle Conservation

Participants to outline 10-year roadmap to save the Earth’s oldest living reptile Turtles are the oldest reptiles left on Earth, with the earliest species found almost 300 million years ago, but many species alive today may not live to see the next century. That is why conservation groups across the world are meeting here this week to discuss pressing plans to ensure... (posted by Ming 1 year 57 days ago.)

Abundance of babies at Singapore Zoo

The year ended with a bumper brood of babies at the Singapore Zoo with nearly 300 births and hatchings in 2010, which include endangered species like the cotton-top tamarin, pygmy hippopotamus and the Douc langur. Considered one of the world's top 25 most endangered primates and classified as critically-endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the cotton-top tamarin is one of the few... (posted by Ming 1 year 100 days ago.)

Singapore Zoo Looks Set To Expand Its Family of Rare Giant River Terrapins

Only a handful of these elusive and rare giant river terrapins are known to be left in their native homeland Cambodia - but the Singapore Zoo has successfully bred four of them, with more expected to join the family of eight in the months to come. Both female terrapins at the zoo were recently found to be gravid with eggs , which are due to be laid anytime now. X-ray... (posted by Ming 1 year 117 days ago.)