World Turtle News

Wow! A rare 500lb leather back turtle is rescued. A 226kg Leatherback sea turtle is rescued from Yawley-South Island Reserve beach by five people after being reported as sick. It is now at the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital where it is recovering. This a rare event and possibly only the fifth record in the United States of America. Turtle News From Around the […]

17 Kemp’s Ridley Turtles head home. Turtlepalooza sees the Georgia Sea Turtle Centre release 17 cold stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. If you have been following the news over the winter you will know it was a record year for cold stuns with over 1300 being taken in by rescues. It’s always heart warming to see them released back into the wild despite the adverse

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, receives 7,400 acres of protected land. Similarly to the Bog Turtle preserve that was recently established in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a 7,400 acre plot of land has been established as the Fenner Valley Desert Tortoise Conservation Bank. The undeveloped properties enrolled in the Bank are located in area designated by the USFWS as critical habitat for Gopherus agassizii. This is an

4000 Turtles Saved From Smuggling On Thursday, more than 4000 freshwater turtles were seized by custom officials in Pakistan.The smuggling attempt is believed to be the biggest consignment in the history of Pakistan. Although this species is protected by the law, it is commonly being smuggled. Last year thanks to the Chinese authorities, the Gilgit-Baltistan and the Sindh wildlife departments, more than 200 smuggled turtles

Migration: The key to survive global warming A fossil of an extinct tropical turtle species, Gomphochelys nanus, was found in Wyoming and gives the first evidence that turtles used to migrate north when the climate warmed 50,000 years ago. Today’s turtles could do the same if global temperatures rise. However, this might be a huge problem since turtle and tortoise habitats keep shrinking because of

The Sea Turtle License Plate For the past twenty years the sea turtle license plate has provided a regular income for Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Program. When director David Godfrey first started at the Sea Turtle Conservancy, he realized a regular income was required to keep Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Program running. This was by no means a small feat of achievement, requiring many years