Record-breaking sea turtle season draws to a close
A record-breaking season for Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring will end Oct. 31. More sea turtle nests — 435 loggerhead nests and one green sea turtle nest — were laid as of Oct. 16 on Anna Maria Island beaches than any previous year. Read the story to find out more…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Hundreds watch as rescued turtles return to sea
Cape Fear Community College’s Marine Tech students release sea turtle hatchlings into the Atlantic
Ecology
Record-breaking sea turtle season draws to a close
Education
Yes, you can actually go turtle-watching in Karachi
Health & Medical
Loggerhead Sea Turtle To Be Released After 4 Months Of Rehab
Obituaries
Hogle Zoo says goodbye to desert tortoise, Trucker
Miscellany
Duval wins award for book on Botanic Garden tortoise
Did You Know…
Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot turtle) was first described by the French taxonomist Pierre André Latreille in 1801. At the time, almost all turtles were classified in the genus Testudo, and he gave it the name Testudo odorata. In 1825, John Edward Gray created the genus Sternotherus to include species of musk turtle and it became Sternotherus odoratus.
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Photo from AMITW.
