150 Confiscated Radiated Tortoises Return From France to Home In Madagascar 8 months ago, 150 radiated tortoises were confiscated in Paris airport. They were found in a secret compartment of a crate containing sea cucumbers and were destined to Laos. Weighting about 0.7 ounces and measuring around 1.5 inches, these juveniles were way too fragile to handle a flight straight back to Madagascar. Given how […]

Sea Turtles Return Green and Hawksbill turtles have successfully laid eggs that hatched and found there way to the sea. This is the first time in 3 years sea turtles have returned to Khor Kalba see the Conservation section for more. Diamond back terrapins are laying eggs in golf bunkers and Tybee Sea Turtle project members excavate their 7th sea turtle nest, plus more in

Doston Drive Construction Might Not Harm Blanding’s Turtles No evidence of the presence of Blanding’s turtles was found on the construction site. Despite the report of a jogger who believe she spotted a turtle last summer, further investigations denied this report. An habitat assessment and migration plan was conducted by the Ames School Board along with Griggs Environmental Services. The Director of Facilities Planning and

Silver beaked tortoise This issues contains some updates to a few stories from Sunday. We have some video and photos of Boris who’s had a silver beak modeled with the help of 3D printing, some researchers require more funding to complete their findings on snapping turtle blood and others stories in the Conservation section. The captain photographed sitting on a Leatherback sea turtle is cleared