World Turtle News

Colebrook Land Conservancy presents program on the turtle “Turtle populations are dwindling due to a multiple of factors, such as habitat loss, poaching, and now global warming is playing a role,” explains John Foley, a naturalist, preserve steward and outreach coordinator for the Great Hollow Nature Preserve and Ecological Research Center in New Fairfield. “A recent publication from the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group […]

Florida nesting season begins, potential red tide impacts of Gulf of Mexico (AUDIO) May kicks off the official beginning of sea turtle nesting season in Southwest Florida. Threatened loggerheads are the most prolific nesters on area beaches, but endangered green and even leatherback sea turtles also nest along Southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast and on barrier islands. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Qatar: first

Ancient tortoise shell discovered in Roman burial chambers in Bulgaria Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved ancient tortoise shell inside Roman burial chambers from the second century A.D. during excavations in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, reports said Tuesday. According to reports, the burial chambers were discovered in the western necropolis of the ancient city of Philippopolis, located near the city’s medical school. ALSO: check out

Sea turtle corpse research offers glimpses into their lives Every week, Erin Seney picks through the stomach contents of dead turtles. It’s tedious, smelly work for this assistant research scientist at the department of biology. Each element of the stomach sample must be carefully separated and logged. Using tweezers and a magnifying glass, she creates little piles of claws, shells and other materials that provide

Elongated tortoise, shrinking habitat The elongated tortoise is a species of tortoise once found in different areas of the country including Sylhet, Bangladesh. However, shrinking habitat and demand for their meat have seen the tortoise’s numbers decline in recent years. Where once they commonly occurred in the calm waters of beels, in river channels and forests, their distribution is now restricted to hilly areas only.

The Chinese Feast on Virginia’s Turtles With the coming of spring, snapping turtles have emerged from their winter homes in the mud, ready to reproduce and to spend the summer trolling ponds, lakes, rivers and streams. They’re a hearty species with few natural enemies. Now, however, turtles which can live more than a hundred years are in danger. As a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth

April 10 is Gopher Tortoise Day in Alabama April 10 has been declared Gopher Tortoise Day by the Alabama Gopher Tortoise Council, and Governor Kay Ivey will make it official by signing a proclamation designating April 10 as Gopher Tortoise Day in Alabama. In Alabama, gopher tortoises are federally and state protected and found in the lower third of the state in 23 counties. Turtle

Jakarta’s flourishing trade in threatened turtles and tortoises under spotlight They are shy creatures, but for the thousands of threatened tortoises and freshwater turtles found on sale in Jakarta’s shops and markets, there’s no shelter from the glare of the illegal trade spotlight, finds a new TRAFFIC report. Researchers found 4,985 individuals of 65 different species of tortoise and freshwater turtles in just seven locations