Diamondback Terrapins on the move
So it’s starting to warm up in North American and the Diamondback terrapins are stirring into life as the Turtle Journal team are finding out. The Brevard Zoo in Florida would like the public to report sightings of the East Coast Diamondback Terrapin, they are concerned about their population. A vet in the UK examines 162 tortoise for post hibernation issues. Three sea turtle stories, a video about the Xcaret Sea Turtle Release program, Madonna to be returned to the sea on Monday after recovering from an oil spill and the police rescuing a pair of sea turtles.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Brevard Zoo needs help tracking rare turtle.
Xcaret Sea Turtle Release Program 2015 Comes to a Close.
Oil slick turtle ‘Madonna’ is on the mend.
Rare turtle species rescued off Thalangara beach.
Ecology
Andover vet helps pets come out of their shell at tortoise surgery.
Education
Discover a beloved Oregon native on ‘Turtle Tour’.
Crime & Punishment
10 witnesses to add more bite to wildlife trial.
Blog News
The Turtle Journal team have found the first active Diamondback Terrapins of 2015.
Did You Know…
The diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is divided into seven recognised subspecies. They inhabit very narrow strips of coastal habitats on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, from as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts to the southern tip of Florida and around the Gulf Coast to Texas.
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