Padre Island National Seashore celebrates Kemp’s ridley sea turtles at Ridley Rendezvous Watching Kemp’s ridley sea turtles hatch in the early morning hours is probably one of the main reasons to go to the Padre Island National Seashore. That’s why the national park service hosted its first Ridley Rendezvous Saturday. More than 100 visitors attended the event to catch a glimpse of baby sea turtles […]

Confiscated Astrochelys Radiata Finally Arrive At Itampolo TSA Facility After months of hard work following the massive tortoise confiscation in Madagascar, the thousands of rehabilitated Astrochelys Radiata have finally taken up residence at a long-term care TSA facility in Itampolo. This is a massive milestone for all the TSA staff and volunteers as the transfer project has been a two month long endeavor, and nearly

People found digging up sea turtle nest in Sarasota County According to Mote, members of its nighttime sea turtle tagging team saw three people digging into a nest on Nokomis Beach at about 1:30 a.m. July 5. As the Mote team got closer, the people filled in their hole, ran away and could not be identified. One broken egg was left on the surface. It

Creating A Safe Haven For Native Australian Chelonians With The Goal Of Reintroduction Program In the northernmost part of Victoria, Australia is a plethora of incredible and beautiful ecosystems which support a wide variety of interesting as well as endangered wildlife. This region also supports three of Australia’s native turtles species, and two organizations, North Central Catchment Management Authority and Turtles Australia, have joined forces

Threatened turtles of the Pearl River The Pearl River system hosts two unique turtle species: the Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera) and the Pearl Map Turtle (Graptemys pearlensis). Neither of these species can be found anywhere else in the world… only the Pearl River system of Mississippi and Louisiana! The Ringed Sawback was designated as federally threatened in 1986, while the Pearl Map Turtle was petitioned

Teen Conservationist An Inspiration For Generations To Come Spending hours in the hot sun to erect a enclosed pen- it sounds like a job which someone would hire out; however, this high schooler had other plans. Ben Voth is a passionate conservationist who lives in Agoura Hills, California. A member of Boy Scouts, he decided to use his learned skills to benefit the local wildlife,

City destroyed turtle nests, Unity Road resident says A concerned Kingston citizen has called out the city for grading road shoulders in a turtle nesting area. Rick Jeffries was returning from his daily run when he noticed that a stretch of Unity Road near his house had been graded and rolled by a City of Kingston road maintenance crew. To most, nothing would seem awry

Vets try to fix turtle that lost its dive “The CT confirmed a large amount of free gas in the turtle’s coelomic cavity,” Murdoch University veterinary radiologist Shona Reese said. “Based on the imaging findings, there was evidence of a torn left-sided ligament associated with the lung, while the right-sided ligament was intact. This likely resulted in the gas accumulation.” ALSO: tortoise stolen in WI!

Funded Partnership Seeks To Gain Valuable Population Data Through Head-Starting Program A multi-organizational partnership is well on it’s way to being the one of the most successful Gopherus agassizii conservation programs in North America. The San Diego Zoo Global conservationists, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Edwards Air Force Base, Cadiz, Inc., and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have joined forces to initiate a headstarting program