World Turtle News

Seychelles Volunteers Hard At Work To Make Preparations For Upcoming Nesting Season The Marine Conservation Society in the Seychelles is heavily focused on preserving the hundreds of sea turtles which nests on their shores each and every year. Supported heavily by dedicated volunteers, their program has been incredibly influential in boosting the populations of these animals, and staff work nonstop in their efforts for these […]

Critical Care Patients At Risk As Staff Race To Battle Hurricane Florence As Hurricane Florence roars over the East Coast, a few dedicated individuals are hanging tight at the South Carolina Aquarium in a unified effort to protect each and every one of their residents from the natural disaster that is threatening their safety. With the generous assistance of multiple volunteers, aquarium staff have been

Shedd Aquarium to help effort to save Blanding’s turtles in DuPage The Shedd Aquarium is joining the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s long-running effort to save an endangered species of turtles. Forest preserve officials this week said the Chicago-based aquarium will become the latest partner in the district’s Blanding’s turtle recovery program, which raises hatchlings in captivity before releasing them into the wild. The

A World Without Turtles? New Study Considers Global Impact of Turtle Decline The following contains extracts from the press release “A World Without Turtles” by the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute The paper — “Where Have All the Turtles Gone, and Why Does It Matter?” — is the cover story of the upcoming issue of the monthly scientific journal Bioscience. The authors synthesize more than 90

Taking Conservation To The Next Level In The Arnavon Islands Imagine a place so minuscule that it is often omitted from many world maps, yet is shockingly one of the most vital biodiversity hotspots for sea turtles on the earth. The little-known but beautiful Arnavan Islands are surprisingly members of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and additionally remain an popular nesting site for

Rescuers warn of fishing line dangers to turtles Patrollers on ATVs spent the summer searching the entire beach for nesting sea turtles. However, these aren’t the only turtles they keep an eye out for. Every so often, they also discover sea turtles in desperate need of help, like the ones that are entangled in fishing line and are unable to free themselves from it. At

Spotlight: Ashby King, N.E.S.T. volunteer and inventor! Knowing that funding and equipment can be difficult to find in the world of conservation, Ashby wasn’t content to hope for better- she literally invented the equipment required to aid the Network for Endangered Sea Turtle’s (N.E.S.T.) efforts. Known as a hydrophone, the device detects underground sounds made by sea turtle hatchlings in the nest as they become

Turtle shells served as symbolic musical instruments for indigenous cultures Turtles served as more than tasty treats for many Native American tribes throughout North America. In fact, turtle shells were used as rattles and other musical instruments, said FSU Associate Professor of Anthropology Tanya Peres. “Music is an important part of many cultures in ways we may not realize,” Peres said. “Musical instruments have a

Reintroduction Project Proves Successful For Rebounding Populations Of Gopherus Polyphemus Gopherus polyphemus is the quintessential necessary partner for a variety of wildlife in the southern state of Georgia; in fact, 250 additional species are dependent on this desert dweller for their burrows and protection from predators. Unfortunately, human encroachment and predation have taken a heavy toll on the population of Gopherus polyphemus, and thus has