Meet an Ostional researcher Hellen Lobo is a Sea turtle researcher in the Ostional Nation Wildlife Reserve, read about a day in her life. A sea turtle festival in St. Augustine Municipal Marina educates local and more in the Conservation section. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Meet Ostional National Wildlife Reserve sea turtle researcher Hellen Lobo Continued Development Along Florida Coast Threatens Sea […]

Tortoises on TV The“Rock the Park” TV show is showcasing the work of Associate Biology Professor John Enz and Marine Science sophomore Alexandria Gagne all about Gopher Tortoises. A women’s group is making purses from trash to help sea turtles, the go ahead at last for turtle fencing and more in the Conservation section. Meet the owner of the faster tortoise and the tortoise taxi

A Turtle Swimsuit For Collecting Poo How to mix cuteness and research ? Check out that innovative sea turtle swimsuit in the research section. In the conservation section a fisherman released a sea turtle that got caught in his nets. I also encourage you to read more about that sea turtle conservation project in Greece. Finally, in the Misc section, a turtle vendor is asked

Madagascar customs seizes more than 700 tortoises Customs officials in Madagascar discovered 771 tortoises that were just about to be smuggled out of the country, heading for Malaysia. Most were either Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) and Ploughshare Tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora), both highly endangered species. Once again, our friends at the Turtle Survival Alliance are responding to this event and are caring for the animals at

The Gladys Porter Zoo Receives Top Honors From The AZA The Gladys Porter Zoo received top honors from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for its Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Binational Conservation Program. The “North American Conservation Award” is given to organizations that showed tremendous efforts for habitat conservation and restoration and support of biodiversity in the wild. This year and through their Kemp’s Ridley

Woman finally arrested The woman who was photographed sitting on a sea turtle earlier this year is arrested; Crime & Punishment section. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority is as for the public to contact them when they find turtles and a shop owner saves a sea turtle; plus more in the Conservation section. Only a few stories to start your week, enjoy. Turtle News From Around

Peace and quiet for nesting turtles After the Ostional beach was swamped with selfie-taking tourists, two weeks later it’s a different story; sea turtle rescues up in 2015 for the Marine Science center and more in the Conservation section. The ocean is a cocktail of chemicals for sea turtles and where do turtles go in winter; see the Ecology section. Norbert from the Fort Wayne

Madagascar Big-Headed Turtles hatch at Houston Zoo These little Erymnochelys madagascariensis hatchlings were discovered in their habitat nearly a month ago and their mother was found to by carrying approximately 20 more eggs. Successes with this species in captivity are few and far between. Congratulations, Houston Zoo! This species, like every chelonian in Madagascar, is highly endangered and in need of conservation both in-situ and