Smartphones Used To Save Gopher Tortoises New technologies are used to save the Gopher Tortoise, see the Conservation section. In the same section find out about the release of a sea turtle and about a sea turtle that laid 127 eggs last night. In the Misc section check out that contest and play to name a baby sea turtle at the Maui Ocean Center Turtle […]

3000 turtle eggs seized A boatman is arrested after being found with 3000 sea turtle eggs and three of the four Logger Bar’s Eastern Box Turtles have been stolen, see the Crime & Punishment section. Cayman Turtle Farm named among cruelest tourist attractions by the World Animal Protection (WAP), see the Miscellany section. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Olive Ridley turtles continue to

Painted Batagur turtles move to Chester Zoo, UK Four of these Asian turtles have moved from Toronto Zoo, Canada, as part of an international breeding program to help maintain their species. The Regional Transportation Authority wants to spend $400,000 to find out why tortoises cross the road and more in the Conservation section. People are still releasing turtles into environments they shouldn’t be; in the

A New Species Of Prehistoric Turtle Xiaochelys ningchengensis named by Chang-Fu Zhou of Shenyang Normal University in Shenyang, China, and Márton Rabi of the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany is a new prehistoric turtle species recently discovered in China. The new species lived about 125 million years ago in China, during the Early Cretaceous Epoch (about 145 to 100.5 million years ago). Xiaochelys ningchengensis

42 Geoclemmys Hamiltonii were rescued in Pakistan A citizen in Karachi, Pakistan spotted a large number of abandoned turtle. Classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, these 42 Geoclemmys hamiltonii were probably discarded by wildlife traffickers on 7 October 2015. While 15 out of the 42 were found dead, the rest of them will be released into their natural habitat. Turtle News From Around

A most unusual use for a tortoise The leader of an armed robbery gang used a tortoise as magical protection; see the Miscellany section. An interesting article about the state of the illegal trade of Indian star tortoise in India; see the Conservation section. Learn more about Sea Turtles during the weekend 21st/22nd at Adventure Aquarium; see the Education section. Turtle News From Around the

Unexpected Rare Wood Turtle Hatched This is pretty uncommon yet pretty awesome. A man dug up 8 eggs by mistake while he was having work done with an excavator. The man build a nest and buried the eggs somewhere else and watched them everyday for a month. He did not know whether they were turtles eggs or snakes eggs until the hatched. After a month

Men charged with illegal taking of snapping turtles Three men have been charged with possessing snapping turtles in closed season; see the Crime & Punishment section. Rare snake-necked turtles are resettled in Dubbo and turtle fencing is now under construction; see the Conservation section. Children die after eating sea turtle meat and a tortoise causes a security alert; see the Miscellany section. Turtle News From