World Turtle News

Developing Initiatives To Continue Improving Successful Recovery Program For Emydoidea Blandingii A small Chicago suburb is not known to many, but it actually hosts a plethora of beautiful ecosystems and boasts a variety of unusual wildlife. Emydoidea blandingii is just one of the many reptiles which inhabit Lake County, IL, and unfortunately, their conservation status has declined to the point of endangerment; however, the Lake […]

Former Turtle Butcher Turns Rescuer With Incredible Backyard Hatchery In a secrete Wisconsin urban yard, Joe works tirelessly filling buckets, digging holes, and chopping food. A closer look will reveal hundreds of tiny turtles in various stages of development in pools surrounding his property. This is an late summer tradition for “Turtle Joe”, rescuing the multitudes of turtles that hatch from nests laid that spring.

Canadian Fishermen Help Scientists Study the Dermochelys coriacea In the fishing grounds of Atlantic Canada, June to October is “turtle season”, the warmest time of the year and the months when fishermen are most likely to spot leatherbacks coming up from the South. Leatherback turtles are the giants of the sea turtle world. Up to 2,000lbs, longer than 6ft, and with those shiny parallel ridges

Organization Heads Program Focusing On Developing Strategies To Restore The Sea Turtles Of Malta Off the western coast of Malta lies a little-known gem of an ecosystem which is incidentally also a sea turtle nesting site; however, recent years have shown a significant increase in hatchling fatalities at Gnejna Bay. After a surprising one hundred hatchlings successfully emerged and made it to the ocean just

Chinese volunteers help save tens of thousands of sea turtles in Sri Lanka Wu Tianqi, a Chinese university student, originally planned to come to Sri Lanka this year as a tourist just to admire the country’s natural beauty, but soon found that it would be more meaningful to be a volunteer for a local turtle conservation project. “In this way, I could learn more about

Lone Star State Makes Huge Leap Forward Towards Conserving Native Chelonians It’s been a long and arduous journey, but conservationists won a massive victory in the name of conservation last week. Following in the footsteps of multiple other US states, Texas officially declared a ban on the commercial harvesting of their native turtles, and thus took a major step towards encouraging a rebound of the

Newly discovered turtle fossil helps shed more light on classic mystery of turtle evolution The six foot-long animal, named Eorhynchochelys sinensis, lived more than 200 million years ago. Scientists say that it had a toothless beak and a Frisbee-shaped body, but had not yet evolved to have a protective shell. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Malta: nest feared lost to rain hatches, 98

World-Class Chelonian Conservancy At The Forefront Of Geochelone Nigra Conservation Efforts Nestled in the heart of Florida is a jewel not known to many, but in fact is one of the most important conservation facilities in the world. Three Jays Tortoise Sanctuary has been working with Geochelone nigra as an official licensed breeding center for 6 years and approximately one hundred healthy hatchlings have come

Working to increase turtle populations in Wisconsin Carrie Nelson, a wildlife biologist on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, explained that gravel pits are natural nesting locations for turtles, as the substrate is the right combination of sand and loam—sand for easy excavation and hold, and loam for proper drainage. At the same time, the gravel pits are used to repair and maintain roads and trails on