World Turtle News

The Manchester-born conservationist who’s saving turtles in the Indian Ocean Martin Stelfox – A conservationist who has a penchant for all things reptile, is now dedicating his time and career to saving sea turtles. He is the founder and CEO of the turtle conservation charity “The Olive Ridley Project” (ORP), which was established in 2013 is based in the UK. I also had the pleasure […]

Dahanu in India to build centre dedicated to turtle conservation If all goes as planned Dahanu, could soon boast of a first of its kind state-of-the-art awareness and research centre dedicate to turtles, which would be set up close to the Dahanu beach. The centre will itself be designed in the shape of a giant green sea turtle. Members of NGO Wildlife Conservation and Animal

Matthew Kail sentenced to prison for involvement in black market trade stretching from South Carolina to Hong Kong U.S. District Judge Joe Anderson’s sentence makes Kail the second member of the ring to receive prison time. Baker received more than a year in prison at his sentencing hearing in March. At least three others with South Carolina connections have received probation and fines. The prison

Cape Coral, FL could designate city-owned land for gopher tortoise habitat Members of the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife say a six-acre land parcel the city owns in northwest Cape is the perfect location for the threatened species. The land is zoned for parks and recreation, but there are no immediate plans to construct a park on the site, which is home to trees, tortoises,

Federal Programme Helps Nova Scotia Farmers Protect Dwindling Wood Turtle Population A new incentive programme, targeted at farmers in Nova Scotia, is aimed to reduce a variety of agricultural threats to the endangered wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Endemic to North America, wood turtles are a medium-sized turtle that inhabit aquatic and riparian zones near rivers and streams. Mhari Lamarque is the manager of Wood Turtle

Gone are the Turtles That Once Made Rantau Abang Famous Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) once adorned Rantau Abang beach in Malaysia. These gentle giants would visit this beach to lay their eggs, often attracting many curious people to watch this great spectacle at night. This beach, along with five others, were the hub for leatherback nesting however this is no longer true. In 1956, 10,000

Saving rare turtles in Marion, Mattapoisett, USA In late May and early June at a private salt marsh in Mattapoisett, rare turtles called the diamondback terrapins will poke their heads out of the mud to emerge after a long winter hibernation. The turtle, named for the diamond pattern at the top of its shell, is no bigger than 7.5 inches long. After hibernation ends, female

Immense Pacific coral reef survey shows green sea turtle populations increasing To more fully understand the density of the populations of these two turtle species, as well as the environmental and anthropogenic factors that have driven them, the authors combined data from 13 years of in-water visual surveys of turtle abundance near 53 islands, atolls, and reefs throughout the U.S. Pacific. During a survey, a