World Turtle News

Teachers help in turtle conservation Aware of the turtle conservation work by FOSTER (Friends Of Sea Turtles Education & Research) on Libaran island, a group of teachers from SMK Batu Sapi and SMK Ulu Sugut decided to get down to the ground and help out. They contacted FOSTER and booked themselves for a three-day two-night volunteer program and entered Libaran Island on a sunny morning […]

Truro scientist finds link between box turtles and power lines It’s not easy keeping up with box turtles. Dr. Ray Clarke, a scientist who spent three years tracking the land-roving reptiles through the woods of Truro and Wellfleet, learned that first-hand. His study focused on how the right-of-ways around the Outer Cape’s power lines might be affecting the breeding habits and survival of Eastern box

Meet the home-grown guardians of Odisha’s Olive Ridley turtles A new generation of locals in Rushikulya’s fishing villages of Purnabandha, Gokurkuda and Podampeta, who’ve grown up with messages of conservation, is taking charge of reptilian guest relations. They’re battling tradition, collaborating with experts, stretching budgets creatively and relying on good-old-fashioned grit so that Odisha, the world’s single most important breeding area for Olive Ridleys, can

Singapore Zoo Receives Two Aldabra Tortoises For Breeding Plan Two females Aldabra tortoises were given to the Singapore Zoo from Mauritius as a commemoration gift. The two tortoises are currently under quarantine at the zoo but they will join an existing herd of six tortoises in a month. Named Casela and Coco, these two females will be a great boost to their breeding programme. Turtle

National Geographic makes Atlanta turtle its cover model The Reimann’s snake-necked turtle is not a conventionally attractive creature — except, perhaps, to other snake-necked turtles — but Zoo Atlanta’s specimen is about to experience 15 minutes of fame. The turtle will be on the cover of National Geographic magazine next month as part of a multi-year project by photographer Joel Sartore. Sartore came to Zoo

[iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/H4533qZ6cGQ” align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”] Rescuers Free 12 Illegally Trapped Turtles Wildlife SOS found more than 50 turtles entangled in a poacher’s net at the Keetham Lake in India. When officials from Wildlife SOS arrived, 42 turtles were already dead but they were able to release 12 of them. The four species identified were endangered species unfortunately. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Baby

Rare baby turtles mysteriously dropped off at doorstep of conservation group HQ The four were placed in a bucket outside the door of an office that belongs to the Friends of Sea Turtles Education and Research (FOSTER) vice-president James Leong. “I think with recent activities carried out by FOSTER to create awareness of turtle conservation and protection, someone may have realised it was wrong to

Bob the turtle recovers after pooping out plastic balloons Bob, a green turtle is finally paddling its way to recovery almost one and half years after he was discovered injured on a beach in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, just outside of Cape Town in November 2014. The sub-adult green turtle was weak, dehydrated and had two fractures on his bottom shell when he was

Another Dead Turtle In Sabah Another sea turtle was found dead this morning in Sabah. The turtle was found at Gaya Island by the staff of the Gaya Island Resort turtle rescue centre. According to the marine biologist Scott Maybank there is no sign of external damage. This is the second sea turtle found dead, the first one was found on Tuesday at Sipitang. Turtle