Ridley is making progress
Ridley the sea turtle, who is convalescing at Wellington Zoo, NZ, is managing a bit of paddle; check out the video. Local researchers use dogs to locate box turtles and nesting sea turtles (Carreta Carreta) return to Sicily, plus more in the Conservation Section. The Gray Fossil site produces another new turtle species (Sternotherus palaeodorus), see the Natural History section. Meet Humphrey, there’s a birthday for Molokai and a farting turtle story book kickstarter, see the Miscellany section.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Sea turtle ‘Ridley’ takes the plunge.
Local researchers using dogs to help locate box turtles.
Saadiyat has 184 reasons to be egg-cited about.
Nesting sea turtles return to Sicily.
Natural History
New species of turtle unknown to science is found at Gray Fossil Site.
Education
Workshop set for gopher tortoise conservation in northeast Florida.
Lost & Found
Can you help find Nelson the tortoise?
Tortoise returns after 5-day odyssey.
Miscellany
Meet Humphrey the Tortoise.
Molokai the turtle celebrates his birthday on the same day as Prince George of Cambridge.
The Farting Turtle of Wakawaka – children’s picture book.
Did You Know…
The Gray Fossil Site is a Late Miocene-epoch assemblage of fossils located near the unincorporated town of Gray, Tennessee in Washington County, and dates from 7 to 4.5 million years BCE). See here for more info.
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Photo from New species of turtle/Photo by ETSU
