World Turtle News

All good news today While it isn’t a busy news day, all we have today is good news. The Brevard Zoo is working hard to protect the native DBT populations and Toronto Zoo hatched a threatened Blanding’s Turtle. In sea turtles, Little Cayman Island (human population under 100) set a record for nests, the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is having success with Kemp’s Ridley […]

Sea turtles eat plastic The two articles in the Conservation section talk about the problem of plastic ending up in the ocean and then being ingested by sea turtles. Detroit zoo take in rescued pacific pond turtle. Ozzie the loggerhead is returned to the ocean with a video highlighting the devotion and emotion the volunteers put in to there work, plus more. Turtle News From

Pelodiscus sinensis found on Quincy beach Two Pelodiscus sinensis, Chinese softshell turtle, have been found on a beach in Quincy alarming New England Aquariums marine rescue team, in the Ecology section. A snapper and a loggerhead have been given a helping hand, Maui Ocean Center welcomed six new green sea turtle hatchlings, a loggerhead is released, people cleaning up beach trash and more, all in

Bellinger River Snapping Turtle Should Go Critically Endangered To continue with that Bellinger River turtle crisis that we first heard about a few months ago, the NSW Scientific Committee, today, wish to list this species as Critically Endangered. This decision was made after a mystery virus heavily impacted the species’ population in February. That virus spread upstream very quickly claiming hundreds of turtles on its

1.90 Metric Tons of meat seized over two years Pakistan Customs have seized 1.90 Metric Tons of dried meat of fresh water turtles from smugglers over the past two years. The Pakistani Customs have increase there vigilance to combat the smugglers, in the Crime & Punishment section. The NEAQ are grearing up for 2015 turtle season, Conservation section. And another therapy tortoise, in the Miscellany

Girl Scout realeases sea turtles A two year project by an Ocean Springs Girl Scout saw the release of four sea turtles into the Mississippi sound, an article on the USGS use of satellite trackers to gather data about the Dry Tortugas Loggerheads and desert tortoises roam around a biology lab and more in the Conservation section. The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre opens a new

Jekyll Island sets nest record 2015 has seen numerous American beaches set nesting records, the latest being Jekyll Island, Georgia. This rare September nest was number 160 on the year for Jekyll Island. Making the occasion even more momentous was the type of sea turtle which laid the nest – Chelonia mydas, the Green Sea Turtle. This is the first nest laid by a Green