Anthony heads back out into the field with citizen scientist Michael Musnick Many of you may recall the first time Anthony went out into the field to track North American Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) with Michael Musnick. Anthony has continued to join him out in the field at least a couple times each year. We previously only had photos of the are, but this summer […]
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Bellinger River Snapping Turtle Should Go Critically Endangered To continue with that Bellinger River turtle crisis that we first heard about a few months ago, the NSW Scientific Committee, today, wish to list this species as Critically Endangered. This decision was made after a mystery virus heavily impacted the species’ population in February. That virus spread upstream very quickly claiming hundreds of turtles on its
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Tourists In Costa Rica Prevent Sea Turtle From Nesting Massive turtle arrivals known as arribadas were disturbed by heavy tourism. It is pretty unusual to see so many tourists on the beach on this time of the year but because of the lack of rainfall this year, tourists went out and “assisted” some arribadas. Unfortunately, many of them just stood in the way of turtles.
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New products added to theTurtleRoom Shop! Two new products have made their debut in theTurtleRoom Shop! You may have seen theTurtleRoom staff sporting theTurtleRoom hats in pictures, and they are now available for purchase. The first is a FLEXFIT® wool-like baseball cap with theTurtleRoom’s new logo made from performance fabric designed to keep your head cool while looking great. We are also offering a classic
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1.90 Metric Tons of meat seized over two years Pakistan Customs have seized 1.90 Metric Tons of dried meat of fresh water turtles from smugglers over the past two years. The Pakistani Customs have increase there vigilance to combat the smugglers, in the Crime & Punishment section. The NEAQ are grearing up for 2015 turtle season, Conservation section. And another therapy tortoise, in the Miscellany
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Anthony and his family visit the Chelonian Research Institute If you ask my wife, she would tell you that I am not the most organized person in world. Keep in mind, this is partly due to the fact that she is extraordinarily organized and I tend to be more of a big-picture thinker who pays more attention to the macro view of things, sometimes neglecting
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Girl Scout realeases sea turtles A two year project by an Ocean Springs Girl Scout saw the release of four sea turtles into the Mississippi sound, an article on the USGS use of satellite trackers to gather data about the Dry Tortugas Loggerheads and desert tortoises roam around a biology lab and more in the Conservation section. The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre opens a new
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TheTurtleRoom Presents First Annual ChelEd Award This post has been updated on 2/26/2020. TheTurtleRoom is proud to announce the first ChelEd Award for Lifetime Achievement in Chelonian Education. One of theTurtleRoom’s core beliefs is that all conservation begins with education. This award was created to recognize individuals who share that belief and have lived their lives by that belief. The inaugural recipient of the award
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Jekyll Island sets nest record 2015 has seen numerous American beaches set nesting records, the latest being Jekyll Island, Georgia. This rare September nest was number 160 on the year for Jekyll Island. Making the occasion even more momentous was the type of sea turtle which laid the nest – Chelonia mydas, the Green Sea Turtle. This is the first nest laid by a Green
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