“Ghost of the past” – Researchers discover extremely rare turtle in India. Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) is threatened with extinction.
Only tips from villagers brought success. For the first time, a nesting female has been discovered on the Chandragiri River in southern India and eggs have been rescued from flooded nests. The hatched young were later released into the river. The freshwater turtle is on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)