World Turtle News

Hernando County celebrates the Gopher tortoise Wednesday is Gopher Tortoise Day in five Florida counties. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is encouraging communities, organizations and individuals to help conserve Florida’s only native tortoise. This year, five counties – Alachua, Hernando, Miami-Dade, Martin and Palm Beach, along with several local communities such as the city of Sanibel – are adopting Florida Gopher Tortoise Day […]

Three-Year Little River Study of Wood Turtle Population Commences with Site Review What will be a three-year study of the vulnerable wood turtle kicked off in Haverhill yesterday with a review of sites along Little River. Working with Haverhill Conservation Commissioner Ralph T. Basiliere, Zoo New England Field Biologist Julie Lisk and Field Technician Ryan Roseen scoped out a dozen sites for eventually finding specimens

Australia’s mysterious mass deaths of green sea turtles in 2012-13 linked by study to heavy metals “We found evidence of heavy metals – particularly cobalt – in sea turtle populations where we also saw signs of illness,” said lead author Mark Flint, program head of Zoo and Wildlife Conservation Medicine and Ecosystem Health in the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University. “Though

Mundo Marino Foundation release two sea turtles after treatment Two turtles have been released back into the wild after one contracted a near-deadly infection caused by consuming plastic. The pair were rescued after they had tangled themselves in a fishing net nearly three months ago in Argentina waters. They were brought to Mundo Marino Educational Park, an aquarium, where they spent nearly three months in

Over 70 rare turtle hatchlings released after miraculous rescue during Hurricane Michael Life didn’t start out easy for dozens of diamond terrapin turtle hatchlings. “It was survival of the fittest right from the start,” said Kris Porter of Owl’s Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife. More than 70 baby diamondback terrapins turtles were found caught in seaweed that washed up on a Pasco County shoreline after Hurricane

Tourism can worsen deadly light pollution in sea turtle habitats The harmful relationship between sea turtles and light pollution has emerged as an important consideration in sea turtle conservation. What is less known is the relationship between sea turtles and the tourists who visit them, and subsequently encourage increased development along pristine shorelines. Light is an important navigation tool for sea turtles. But human interference

How the Gulf of Maine appears to be increasing the numbers of cold-stunning in NE America “We were surprised the results suggested this increase was linked with warmer sea surface temperatures,” Griffin says. The scientists originally thought the strandings might be associated with how many young sea turtles hatched. But turtles, it turns out, are just one of many Gulf of Maine species “exhibiting a

Meet Cloud, the very unique green sea turtle with leucism who was rehabbed and released by the Olive Ridley Project Cloud belongs to the green sea turtle species. She was rescued from the ocean in Male atoll, near the capital island of Maldives. She was found floating in the ocean and unable to dive down. Her rescuers tried to release her on two occasions, but