World Turtle News

Meet the Kiwi at the centre of turtle conservation in Queensland, Australia Meet the Kiwi turtle whisperer. Patrick Couper, originally from Wellington, is the curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Taxidermy was an early interest and Couper would try his hand at preserving creatures he found as roadkill. At the World Science Festival in March, he was the public face […]

Struggles of Malaysia’s sea turtles BLINK. Blink. After a deep, peaceful sleep, he must have felt like he’d just woken up to a circus. Surrounding his temporary home in the bright blue plastic tray are curious humans, pushing at each other to have a closer look. He must have been glad to be hidden under the matching blue blanket as he thought about his escape.

Latest Research Discovers that Freshwater Turtles are in Grave Danger Due to the Effects of Fishing You may not think much of a peaceful afternoon on the lake catching Blue-gill, but did you know that in a 2014 survey, 33% of the turtles had ingested fishhooks, with an 11% fatality rate? The reality is that commercial fishing is highly detrimental to freshwater turtle populations, and

The Ganges rivers has a new cleaning crew: Lissemys punctata, Chitra indica and Geoclemys hamiltonii The Ganges rivers has a new cleaning crew: Lissemys punctata, Chitra indica and Geoclemys hamiltoniiIndeed, the non-vegetarian turtle play a crucial role in cleaning the Ganges river by eating organic wastes and animal carcasses that are dumped into the river. On the other hand, Chitra indica and Geoclemys hamiltonii take

USA- Wekiva turtles have been caught and studied for decades What happens to those reptiles over generations may correlate with changes in spring flows, water purity, climate and other environmental factors. The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group is part of the Turtle Survival Alliance, which promotes global protection of turtles and tortoises. The research group focuses on Florida, Texas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania waters, and

Incredible Discovery of a Once-thought Extinct Species in India a Remarkable Success for Conservation Nilssonia nigricans, known as the Black Soft-shell turtle, is classified by the IUCN as extinct in the wild; however, deep in the marshes of an Akuk village in Wokha district, Nagaland, this has been proven otherwise. Lansothung Lotha, a Forest Ranger, was alerted to the possible existence of this turtle due

Northeast Florida gopher tortoise count underway Heads down with their eyes scanning the ground, the three were census-takers of a sort. Instead of knocking on doors and asking personal questions, they ran a scope with a video camera attached to the end of a snake-like 15-foot cable down a hole in hope of glimpsing the resident gopher tortoise home at the Branan Field Wildlife and

Herpetologist is the Recipient of an Important Grant for In-situ Study on Cuora amboinensis in Indonesia Arizona Native, Nancy Karraker, has an important and exciting adventure awaiting her. She was just recently the recipient of the distinguished grant that will fund her trip to Indonesia where she will study Cuora amboinensis in their native habitat. Karraker is an associate professor of natural resources science at