Researchers have long been sounding the death knell for sea turtles and not without cause. Several species of these placid reptiles around the world’s oceans, including Malaysian waters, have been pushed ever closer to the brink of extinction. The animals have been losing their traditional nesting grounds to coastal developments…

Few things gladden conservationists and animal lovers more than seeing animals captured from the wild released back into their natural habitats. And so it was in high spirits that members of the Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit released two green sea turtles back into the sea near Pulau Mabul….

Sea turtles have been increasingly under threats from poachers and habitat loss, but conservation efforts to boost their numbers have been succeeding in doing just that in Labuan: boosting their number. This is according to Anuar Deraman, the local director Malaysia Marine Park, who explained that between 2010 and 2015,…

Turtles have long been known for their longevity, but these days green sea turtles are causing alarm among Malaysian environmentalists for a reason that places that renowned longevity of the placid marine reptiles at risk: many turtles’ premature deaths. According to the Terengganu Fisheries Department, a total of 59 green…