World Turtle News

Volunteers help rescue turtles in Gores Landing, Canada Nearly 20 volunteers gathered in shifts in early August to move egg nests on Close Point Road on Rice Lake in Gores Landing before road construction started. There were about 40 turtle nests buried along the road side, said Joan Norris, a resident who helped organize the volunteers. Each nest could have 30 or more eggs. The […]

Two-headed loggerhead turtle found by UCF interns As strange as it might seem, two-headed animals occur in nature on a regular basis! While they often don’t survive, this hatchling loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) appears to be fine. Kate Mansfield of the University of Central Florida’s Turtle Lab shared pictures of this amazing animal. Some good news: Poky, a missing sulcata tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), has

Life Of Young Conservationist Inspires Family To Donate Towards Conservation Efforts Not many middle-schoolers have such a passion for wildlife conservation as one young girl from Worthen, England. Olivia-Violet Reeves was a student of St George�s Junior School but was tragically hit by a 4×4 on her way home from school two months ago. She was an avid up-and-coming conservationist and had plans to study

Pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life A pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life after giving it the kiss of life for an hour. John Fletcher found 45-year-old Freda at the bottom of his garden pond limp and looking dead. Mr Fletcher said: “It must have been in there for at least an hour. I took it out and it was looking quite dead

Student-Teacher Pair Granted Incredible Opportunity To Research Sea Turtles Abroad How many high-schoolers can say they have been to the Bahamas to study sea turtles? Thanks to the Chevron JASON Learning program, eleven teams composed of one student and a teacher were presented with the opportunity to travel to the Cape Eleuthera Institute on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas for a week in

Madagascar�s radiated tortoises have personalities, too Of course, turtle lovers know that they have personalities! Now, science has provided strong evidence in our favor. Dr. Andrea Currylow, who works at the University of Southern California, has been studying the relationship between behavior and chemical releases in radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata). One of these chemicals is corticosterone, also known as CORT. The results are very interesting!

West Point Works To Protect Natural Resources With Turtle Conservation And Research Project Glyptemys insculpta and Clemmys guttata have been selected for addition to the endangered species list due to their population decline; as a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program has implemented a conservation program allowing West Point to become involved with the monitoring process. This is a project with the USACE

Oman announces new initiative for protection of sea turtles in nature reserve A new Ministerial Decision intends to regulate Oman�s Turtle Reserve, in order to protect the turtles and allow for safe visits by the public. A new Ministry of Environment Decision has been issued, in order to regulate visitation to the Turtle Reserve, and protect its wildlife and animals from harm. �Sea turtles are

Newly Installed Wildlife Fencing Leading To Adaptation Issues For Gopherus Agassizii Land owners may conclude that their efforts to protect the Gopherus agassizii by installing fencing along their property is a beneficial measure, but research is showing that they may be mistaken. According to a study done by University of California, Davis, and the University of Georgia, fencing can actually be fatal to even these