Black Softshell News Today

Pangti village in Wokha, Nagaland, is today famous as an Amur falcon roosting site, but there was a time when the village earned notoriety for killing the migratory birds it today protects.

​​​​​​​A new species of turtle has been found in Betana Wetland at Belbari in Morang. A team of scientists has discovered that there are more than two dozen Black Softshell turtles listed as ‘critically endangered’.

BELBARI, Aug 26: A new species of turtle has been found in Betana Wetland at Belbari in Morang. A team of scientists has discovered that there are more than two dozen Black Softshell turtles, listed as critically endangered.

A pair of highly endangered species of turtles, that was released in Indian waters as a part of a conservation program but swam hundreds of kilometres into Bangladesh crossing the international boundary, has brought the two countries together to explore the possibility of a joint conservation program, like that of the Royal Bengal Tiger. In January this year, 10 Northern River