World Turtle News

Glover’s Reef in Belize provides refuge for sea turtle Threatened hawksbill sea turtle are thriving in the protected water of Glover’s Reef, one of the world’s great barrier reef system in Belize. A recent study showed that the coral reefs around the atoll are home to more than 1,000 young hawksbill turtles. “The findings of our research show that juvenile hawksbill turtles are thriving at […]

Prince Harry visits the turtle sanctuary at St Vincent and the Grenadines The prince visited the turtle conservation project at Colonarie beach on St Vincent and the Grenadines. Even since turtles have become endangered in the Caribbean, nations have allowed coastal communities to carry on hunting turtles for one month each year when they are most numerous. But from January that will no longer be

Red Cliffs project to restore burned tortoise habitat Mohave desert landscapes are not adapted to wildfire because plants and shrubs were too widely spread to carry a fire very far. However, invasive annual species such as cheat grass now provide a continuous fuel source that can fuel fires which take decades or centuries to heal. This week, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources staff along

Too hot to hatch: dry, hot weather impacting Queensland’s endangered bum-breathing turtle Researchers say it is not a pretty story for Queensland’s endangered Mary River Turtle this year, which is having an ‘extremely unusual’ nesting season. Hot and dry weather has had a significant impact on the timing of the nesting with turtles only now starting to lay their eggs, about a month later than

Sea Turtle Superheroes There’s never a dull moment. Calls for help can come at any time. “We’re 24/7,” Howell said. “We’ll go out at night to pick up turtles that have swallowed fishing hooks. We’ve had turtles entangled in shoe laces, dragging a shoe…” Whatever the case may be the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network—led by NOAA Fisheries and made up of federal, state,

Big-Headed Turtle Update from the TSA it has been on the social media since November 7th, the TSA is facing another crisis, this time, regarding Platysternon megacephalum the big-headed turtle. Indeed, more than 800 turtles were confiscated from two Chinese traders. The turtle have then been given to the TSA who is in charge their rehabilitation at the May Myo turtle rescue center. Turtle News

Sea Turtle Doctor pioneers new science Dr. Craig Harms had planned on spending the day writing parts of a book he was co-authoring. The subject he was focused on was sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation, so it was no surprise when a sea turtle emergency put an end to his quiet plans for the day on Sept. 27, 2016. That morning, a weak loggerhead sea

Students study Malaclemys terrapin The classroom consists of tall grasses, sand, water and turtles. For second-year students at Rowan College at Gloucester County today is a rescue mission to save diamondback terrapins, a hands-on science lesson at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor. DeGraff, a biology professor who teaches the Marine Science degree program, has been incorporating the active field study into her courses for

Nellie the Turtle back from the brink and out to sea The turtle spent more than three years in care recovering from fibropapillomatosis [FP] which causes turtles to grow benign tumours throughout their body. “It can be fatal, especially if it develops internally,” Ms Gilbert says. “They can get tumours on their eyes and it blinds them. It can be a very slow, debilitating way