In Nepal, a turtle that rose from the dead makes another grand entrance

KATHMANDU — In 2002, the black softshell turtle was declared extinct in the wild — not a difficult assessment to make, given that, back then, the only known population of the species was in a pond at a Sufi shrine in Bangladesh. It beat that rap when, that same year, researchers found the animals in … Continue reading In Nepal, a turtle that rose from the dead makes another grand entrance