Largest turtle nest in the world revealed in drone study

Mongabay
Sep 11, 2025, 7:23 am468 ptsHot
Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of nearly a meter, or 3 feet, have found the largest nesting aggregation ever recorded. Using drones to conduct a population survey in the western Brazilian Amazon, researchers recorded a nesting area of the…

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