World Turtle News

Numerous Geoclemmys Hamiltonii Being Smuggled In India The black pond turtle, Geoclemmys hamiltonii is being massively smuggled in India. On May 14th 2014, around 158 turtles were rescued from poachers. Over the past three months, more than 335 Geoclemmys hamiltonii have been seized at the Mumbai Airport, according to the author “it seems the trade appears to be controlled by a well-organized gang with the […]

Love for stinkpot turtles Susan Baur the author of “The Turtle Sisters of Cape Cod” book series has article about her love of stinkpot turtles and the education of second graders, see the Education section. Baby flatback turtles with transmitters are to be released today in Western Australia’s Eighty Mile beach, see the Conservation section. An interesting inside view of a road corridor for box

Just in case you missed World Turtle Day® What a day! My twitter stream was busy with the buzz of World Turtle Day® and below we have some of stories and events that have filtered through so far. This year really had some extra va-va-voom about it so expect more World Turtle Day® stories over the next few days. I hope some of you managed

DBT Die-off Remains a Mystery Saxitoxin levels have reached record levels, but the die-off of the local Diamondback Terrapin population is still covered in a shroud a mystery. While it would make sense that, as their food source has become filled with this toxin, that many of the terrapins would die, tests conducted have yet to confirm that the toxin is the culprit. Saxitoxin is

135 Captive-Bred Pseudemydura umbrina Have Been Released In The Moore River Nature Reserve So Far The Western Swamp Turtle is the rarest reptile from Australia. Being on the brink of extinction, every newborn is a step closer to save this turtle. Its conservation program started back in the 1990s. “The objective of this plan, led by DPAW, is to create at least three wild naturally-recruiting

Elementary students show off their skills Third through to sixth grade students will be demonstrating their newly learned conservation and biology skills to families and teachers, see the Education section. A woman in Denton is taking care of 23 turtles in her garden and anglers are now required to modify their witches hat crab traps to help reduce seaturtle deaths, both in the Conservation section.

Construction workers search for eastern box turtles We only have a few stories today. Construction and maintenance workers searching for eastern box turtles, Terrapne carolina with the help of a sniffer dog to relocate them before they begin work in the area. A list of organisations offering seaturtle observation walks in Florida, USA. A snapping turtle celebrating it’s 28th birthday at San Antonio Zoo. An

Love is in the air A blog post in the Turtle Journal is reporting that male diamond back terrapins are patiently waiting for the arrival of females, see “Blog News“. If you can spare a few units of your local currency checkout the “Research” section. A biologist from ULM is raising funds to monitor the Chocoan River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta). The “Miscellany” section has an