Roughly 500 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued in New England this winter. Helvetica is a loggerhead sea turtle. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. They're also a few of the new names bestowed upon sea turtles that a team from the New England Aquarium's turtle hospital rehabilitated this year. This winter, almost 500 live turtles washed up along the shores of Cape Cod Bay, with many suffering from hypothermia following the annual cold stunning season .

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Noisy ships and industry are impacting critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. For the world's smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is getting pretty noisy. These relatively little turtles (on average they're still 75 to 100 pounds) mostly found in the Gulf of Mexico already face fishing gear accidents, seacraft collisions, plastic pollution, and habitat deterioration, and now excess noise may be harming the critically endangered and rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles (). We say because even though these sea turtles share waters with extremely busy shipping lanes, scientists know very little about their underwater hearing.

Animal traffickers face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It should go without saying, but please don't smuggle spider monkeys. While responding to a human trafficking case earlier this year, United States Border Patrol agents in Laredo, Texas, found two of these tiny primates . The driver failed to yield and fled the scene, leading officers to respond.

Unlike its land cousin the box turtle, painted turtles do not have a hinged bottom shell that closes when the head is pulled in. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Winter has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. With today's winter solstice, the days will start to get a little bit longer, but the cold will stick around. We humans typically handle the dipping temperatures by staying inside, sleeping more, and dressing in layers . Here are some unique ways that animals survive winter's deep freeze.

Animal filial cannibalism has been documented in fish, insects, even domestic pets. Scientists still don't fully understand why some animals eat their own offspring. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. "In general, cannibalism of offspring is super widespread," says Aneesh Bose, a behavioral ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Bose has long studied the phenomenon of animals who turn from child-rearing to child-eating, and in 2022, he authored a review of prior research on the topic .

Environment Animals Wildlife Endangered Species German hairy snails are disappearing from London's River Thames Londoners are scouring riverbanks to save the endangered mollusk. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Researchers believe that its signature hairs help the strange creature live in its damp, riverside environments by enabling it to sweat off moisture. By wicking off that excess moisture, the slime gets more sticky, so the snail can hold onto the slick riverside debris and the plants it eats. However, the snail needs some extra support.

Ruby the turtle needs a new greenhouse. Dance companies are stepping up. A performance of Moss Anthology#5 for Buglisi Dance Theatre (left). Ruby, an endangered Burmese roofed turtle who lives at a turtle sanctuary in New Jersey (right). Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.