Captive Breeding Brings Endangered Turtles Back From Brink

Imagine a special turtle called the northern river terrapin that was almost gone.

Scientists in the Sunderbans, a place with lots of rivers and trees, started a program to help these turtles.

They took care of the turtles and helped them have babies.

Now, there are many more turtles.

Some turtles were sent out to live in the wild again.

Some traveled very far!

The scientists are learning where the turtles like to live and hope to help even more turtles in the future.

These turtles are also important for the environment because they spread seeds.