World Turtle News

Seawalls on Singer Island Harms Sea Turtles Today’s main news is related to the seawall constructed on Singer Island by condominium associations. Turtle conservations groups filled a formal notice in order to sue the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for authorizing such a harmful project. Read more about it in section Ecology. The good news for today are found in section Conservation where you can […]

Rescue Me To brighten up your day check out the Rescues section for a couple of videos of sea turtle being save by people at sea. If you haven’t heard of Dwight the turtle then check out his cuteness in the Miscellany section. A couple of lucky tortoises that have been found and a tortoise that’s escaped, now has a bounty on its head. Plus

Tour de Turtles Two loggerhead turtles are released near Bonsteel Park as part of the eighth Tour de Turtles and a sea turtle stops people visiting the USS Arizona Memorial; in the Conservation section. A leatherback sea turtle is spotted of the Dorset coast, UK; in the Ecology section. A fisherman in Yorkshire, UK nets a big turtle, a turtle in a bookstore! and others

eDNA can be used to track turtles Environmental DNA (eDNA) allows the detection of the presence of organisms without direct observation; Surprisingly, the eDNA approach had not been applied to turtles in aquatic environments… . CROW need help feeding a sea turtle and other stories in the Conservation section. Volunteers are being heckled by beach-goers, see the Crime & Punishment section. Have you lost a

Protecting life in Ostional: The survival of 2 species Ostional is a world-famous nesting site for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles; tourists, volunteers, and conservationists flock to the beach from all over the world to join the local community in an effort to save this species. Sea turtles have long been part of this community, and part of the economy of this community. This unique conservation

Ridley goes from critical to good Ridley the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand has been upgraded from critical to good. A couple of stories on managing predation of sea turtle eggs and others; in the Conservation section. Two stories on educating the public on sea turtles; in the Education section. Stories about a sea turtle nest vandalisation and two injured tortoises

More than 600 sea turtles released on Monday More than 600 turtles were released during a single release on Monday, a joint effort between the Coast Guard and Gumbo-Limbo Nature Center. The release included members of 4 different sea turtle species. Also on Monday, the National aquarium in Baltimore released 3 Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtles into the Atlantic from a point in Ocean City, MD.

Another tortoise has a 3D printed shell Fred a Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaris) has received an entire 3D printed shell as a replacement after his was damaged in a forest fire. Cooktown in Australia imposed a moratorium on sea turtle and Dugong hunting, see the Conservation section. That RES you “released” after the Ninja Turtle Craze, we’ve found that, see the Miscellany section. Turtle News

Rustic conditions for some volunteers Showering with crabs and sleeping though the day, to excavating a sea turtle nest to a crowd of eager onlookers at the beach; all are different aspects of the volunteering life, so check the Volunteering section for a brief glimpse. An interesting article on the predator and prey relationship between sharks and sea turtles, see the Ecology section. And the