Yazidi refugees assist in turtle release from Dolphin Marine Conservation Park The Dolphin Marine Conservation Park has shared details of the release of five green sea turtles after months of rehabilitation from Coffs Harbour’s Arrawarra Headland last weekend. While the release of the turtles was an example of the valuable rehabilitation and conservation undertaken by the Dolphin Marine Conservation Park, the story of the volunteers […]

George Heinrich of The Big Turtle Year to discuss findings at Trout Lake Nature Center, FL The hunt ended Dec. 28, 2017, with the discovery of the Florida chicken turtle at Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Collier County. “In the end, only two species were not found: the Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys apalachicolae) and yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens),” Heinrich wrote in a blog

In Assam, turtles are breeding again — in temple ponds The caretaker of a 500-year-old temple in Assam is the man-on-the-ground at the state’s only turtle conservation project. In 1994, the residents of Hajo, a small town in middle Assam, remember congregating around a rickety old wheelbarrow. Later, as the cart moved around the town, so did the small procession — each person wanting to

Smuggler arrested in Papua with over 2,000 endangered turtles A man has been arrested for trying to smuggle 2,000 endangered pig-nosed turtles, police said, marking the latest wildlife-trafficking arrest as the Southeast Asian nation battles the vast trade. Authorities in Papua province said they seized 2,227 of the palm-sized turtles which were stuffed into boxes on a boat docked in the remote town of Agats.

Dr. Claire Lomas finds dream job at Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu in Maldives saving sea turtles Claire, who has been living and working in the Maldives for 18 months said that life in the tiny island nation is a world away from that in the UK. She has so far saved around 80 turtles and provides surgery to those who become seriously injured after being

Professor Nicole Valenzuela’s study of painted turtles raises concerns for temperature-determinate sex determinate species amidst climate change Valenzuela said loss of habitat and exploitation has already left many turtles vulnerable to extinction, and climate change only adds to the peril these species face. “The whole message here is the potential effects climate change can have on these species and the importance of our findings for

Turtle-sniffing dogs heading to Bur Oak Land Trust project The concern is for the ornate box turtle, Iowa’s only native terrestrial turtle which lives on sandy prairies and open forest land. This is in sharp contrast to the river and wetland-loving snapping turtle and northern painted turtle — and its 10 other Iowa cousin-species. These box turtles are listed as “threatened” in Iowa, and Bur

Monster ghost net found in North Male in the Maldives The North-East monsoon season in Maldives is peak season for ghost nets drifting into to Maldives, and along with them, entangled marine life. The team at One & Only Reethi Rah recently removed a monster ghost net in North Male Atoll, estimated to weigh between 200 and 300 kg. The boat crew at One &

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Funds to Preserve 6,300 Acres in South Padre Island Funds from companies responsible for the largest ocean oil spill in history will be used to preserve sensitive wildlife habitat in South Padre Island, including for endangered sea turtles. Starting this month, international environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy will close on two deals in 2019 to acquire a total of nearly 6,300