The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), the world's largest freshwater turtle and one of the most endangered species on Earth, is now essentially doomed to extinction after the last ...

A dark oblong creature drifted from the depths of Hanoi’s 1,400-hectare Đồng Mô Lake and began to float, motionless, on the surface last weekend. Local residents and conservationists locked ...

The report, "Turtles in Trouble: The World's 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles—2018," profiles numerous unusual and charismatic species, including: The Yangtze giant Asian softshell ...

1994). The equivalent 6Z-Adda3 stereoisomer of microcystins is also non-toxic. In the marine sponge, Theonella swinhoei, a nodularin analogue called motuporin has been found. It differs from nodularin ...