And now a fork! Animal rescue experts found an Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) with a plastic fork protruding from it’s nostril. The fork was most likely ingested by the turtle and became lodged in the nostril when it was regurgitated. Due to sargassum seaweed sea turtles are nesting on other beaches that are not as “turtle friendly”, plus 989 of turtles released for fathers day […]

An App to track Caretta Caretta Scientists and Conservationists at Gnarlaoo Station in Western Australia will be tracking the journey of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and logging the data to an app which will make it available to anyone around the world. It is hoped that the information will stop future developement of tourist facilities at Gnaraloo. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation

Fences Prevent Sea Turltes From Falling Off A Cliff On Raine Island, a cliff was formed with erosion, leading sea turtles to fall and die. Fences were installed and it is now preventing turtles to fall off. In the section Conservation read more about two sea turtle release as well as a group that received a grant for the conservation project. In Ecology, I encourage

X23103 returns to Mon Repos A flatback sea turtle tagged 39 years ago returns again for another breeding season. A sea turtle trapped in a beach chair washes up on a beach and more in the Conservation section. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Flatback turtle returns to Mon Repos for 13th nesting season Sea turtle found dead, wedged inside lawn chair at Mickler’s

It’s that time of year Cold stunned sea turtles have already started to arrive at resuce centres. As the sea temperature drops some of them become too cold to swim to warmer waters and are washed up to the shore. Hopefuly to be rescued and rehabilitated. Volunteers are tracking Murray River turtles (Emydura macquarii), West Japan rail company helps turtles that are becoming stuck on

Seismic surveys may pose risk to sea turtles The University of Exeter is warning about the risks posed by airgun sound waves used in sea floor mapping. An isolated group of gopher tortoise on an island is mapped by scientist and more… Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Marine airgun noise could cause turtle trauma Investigating castaway gopher tortoises of Cumberland Island BNT Interns

A trip to Wolf Island A group of scientist are traveling to Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago to track down tortoises carrying genes from two species thought to be extinct. Melbourne City workers assist turtle wrapped in a plastic bag and several sea turtles are released; see the Conservation section. A tiny turtle rescued from a rubbish bin and customs seized tortoises have weekly