A five million-year-old pig-nose turtle fossil found in Melbourne could rewrite the entire evolutionary history of the endangered species and unlock the key to understanding climate change.

In the crystal-clear streams of the Northern Territory lives a large turtle with a snout like a pig. This unique animal is one of the latest additions to the threatened species list.

A pig-nosed turtle named Funzo turned 28 on Tuesday, and to celebrate his special day the National Aquarium's Animal Care and Rescue Center tweeted a picture of the reptile.

In July, more animals were added to Australia’s national list of species threatened with extinction. Among them is the pig-nosed turtle, which lives in the catchments of the Northern Territory ...

The fly river turtles are also known as pig-nosed turtles because of their snout-like noses. A video shared by Bronx Zoo on their official Instagram page has left people in awe.

The pig-nosed turtle fossil, discovered in the 1920s at a site in Beaumaris, in Melbourne’s bayside, puts the turtle thousands of kilometres outside its typical ecosystem.

In some parts of Western Cape York, in Far North Queensland, the wild pigs can dig up and eat 100 per cent of turtle nest eggs. Across the 50km stretch of beach being protected, that represents a ...