World Turtle News
World Turtle News, 07/07/2020
Two Map Turtles Species Move One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection in Mississippi, Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS—As the result of a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and Healthy Gulf, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to decide on Endangered Species Act …
World Turtle News
World Turtle News, 06/23/2020
Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble
Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been crucial components of global ecosystems for the past 220 million years. Today, more than half of the 360 living species and 482 total taxa (species and subspecies combined) are threatened with extinction.
Turtle populations are …
The Pondcast, Videos
The Pondcast, Episode 65: Husbandry Talk, Vol. 1: Playing Favorites
The Pondcast crew introduces a new series within The Pondcast called “Husbandry Talk”. Husbandry Talk shows will be focused specifically on the husbandry of a few select turtle and tortoise species.
On today’s show, each host will talk about the husbandry of a species or group …
theTurtleRoom News
Letter from the President, June 2020
TheTurtleRoom’s President and Executive Director reflects on both the last nine years and the current state of humanity.
Nine years.
I almost can’t believe it has been that long since theTurtleRoom launched as a website for turtle keepers to collect and share knowledge about these animals we …
World Turtle News
World Turtle News, 06/05/2020
WATCH: ‘World’s most endangered sea turtle’ found nesting on beach!
A female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle crawled ashore to lay its eggs on the sand in Escambia County on June 3rd it was reported.
The county said the Kemp’s ridley turtle was the third turtle to nest …
The Pondcast, Videos
The Pondcast, Episode 64: Swamp Monsters
Photographer, videographer, naturalist, and reptile keeper Greg Brashear of Greg’s Turtle Haven joins The Pondcast team to talk Alligator Snapping Turtles and other reptiles from the Southeast United States. Like theTurtleRoom, Greg is passionate about educating others about turtles, tortoises, their conservation, and their husbandry.
Greg …
World Turtle News
World Turtle News, 05/29/2020
Florida men caught stealing 93 sea turtle eggs
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two men were arrested after authorities found them with a bag of sea turtle eggs in Palm Beach County over Memorial Day weekend, wildlife officials said.
Bruce Bivins, 63, was spotted putting objects …
Opinion
What Gets Me Through
Anthony talks about the current COVID situation from a turtle person’s perspective
It’s a scary time to be alive – a scary time to be a parent, to be a family member of folks in the “at-risk” age, and a scary time to have a household …
World Turtle News
World Turtle News, 05/14/2020
Mexico finds 15,000 turtles in crates bound for China
Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have seized a shipment of 158 wooden crates bound for China containing about 15,000 fresh-water turtles, some of them endangered. The environmental prosecutors´office said the crates were found at a freight facility …