New Blanding’s turtles Site Discovered
After decades of research, the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute have found a fourth pocket of Blanding’s turtles in Nova Scotia. Before this discovery, only 3 populations of about 350 turtles were known. “We had a very credible sighting report and then we were able to follow up on that and found so many turtles – we have a lot of questions and we’re really just starting.” says biologist Jeffie McNeil.
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Conservation
New Sea Turtle Experience Debuts at Mexico’s Velas Vallarta
UCF to Establish Permanent Sea Turtle Research Field Station on Archie Carr National Refuge
Leatherback sea turtle nests in ‘mainland’ Keys
tracking Blanding turtles
Biology
Studying the riddles of the Kemp’s ridley turtle
Education
Stop painting turtles…
Obituaries
More than 10 non-native turtles found dead in Quincy marsh
Species Facts…
Cuora aurocapitata, (yellow-headed box turtle) For the Bronx’s Zoo to breed the species they had to induced hibernation, which is required for this species to breed, and is not uncommon in turtles. Ornate box turtles and Blanding’s turtles also breed after hibernation. Breeding the yellow-headed box turtle was an especially challenging task given the aggressive nature of the female.
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Photo from Jonathan Riley.
