Rookwood Weir's turtle bypass, or ladder, for endangered Fitzroy River and white-throated snapping turtles has had its first ...

Certain turtle species, like the Australian Fitzroy River turtle and the North American eastern painted turtle, can absorb oxygen through their cloaca—a multi-purpose orifice used for excretion ...

Talk about bad breath. Until recently, however, scientists didn't really know why some turtles -- most notably Australian Fitzroy river turtle and the North American eastern painted turtle -- took ...

(The familiar box turtle also hibernates, but on land.) An Australian species, the Fitzroy River turtle, hardly ever surfaces, but obtains oxygen from water pumped through its cloaca, or posterior ...

Consider the Fitzroy River turtle, a native of Australia. Turtles have lungs that pull oxygen out of inhaled air, just like you and I do, and yet lab tests show the juveniles of this species can ...

CCC co-ordinator Michael McCabe said not enough was known about the Fitzroy River turtle, listed as vulnerable, which was unique to the Fitzroy system. "Putting weirs and dams in their habitat ...

Researchers found the three turtles while assessing the waterway for a separate project The white-throated snapping turtle is one of Australia's so-called bum breathing turtles It has previously ...

known colloquially as a ‘bum-breathing turtle’ due to its ability to absorb oxygen through its anus while submerged – is known to inhabit Queensland’s Fitzroy, Burnett and Mary Rivers. But thanks to a ...

Picture: Contributed "Working through this approval process will also include interacting with local stakeholders to ensure that important local wildlife such as Fitzroy River Turtles and the ...