Conservationists Fight To Save Vital Tortoise Habitat From The Fate Of Development Letters upon letters have been arriving at the Clark County commissioners office over the past weeks, and they are all giving the exact same message- “Save Gopherus agassizii!”. And this is not surprising, given the fact that Clark County is on the verge of auctioning away 40,000 acres of prime wildlife and tortoise […]

Greek volunteers help Caretta caretta injured sea turtles to gain new life Olympia, a “Caretta caretta” sea turtle traced in Kyparissia bay, in the western part of Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, is one of the hundreds injured sea turtles that has found refuge at Archelon Rescue Center at Glyfada, in the southern suburb of Athens. Hugo Gilbert, a 20-year-old volunteer from France, has taken

Project Seeks To Conserve Chelonia Mydas Through Data Collection and Research Activities Bu Tinah Island, a little-known oasis in the middle of the Persian Gulf, is home to the incredible Chelonia mydas, which is now listed as an endangered species. Thankfully, there are multiple programs which perform detailed and labor-intensive studies in a valiant attempt to bring back this species from their delicate status. The

Study: Nesting Turtles Prefer Dark Beaches SHACKLEFORD BANKS – The little rover left tire tracks in the sand as it rumbled across the beach on the moonless summer night. Anna Windle followed behind, keeping an eye on the rover while shifting her backpack full of field gear. Turtle News From Around the World Ecology USA: Protected gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) lays eggs in Florida family’s

The Race To Ensure The Future Of Sea Turtles On Ambergris Caye In the past, long before development overwhelmed Ambergris Caye, the largest island in Belize, sea turtles were a frequent occurrence throughout the entire island. However, due to recent development, the turtles are leaving their former nesting sites and using only the most distant areas of the island to lay their eggs. Both Caretta

Snapping turtles showing less contamination from PCBs Snapping turtles in Turkey Creek are showing less contamination from PCBs and that’s a good sign for the Detroit River. “The PCB burdens are declining,” Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Remedial Action Plan co-ordinator Claire Sanders said Friday. “I think it’s a really good news story. We know that those efforts to clean up contaminated sediment have been successful

Cure for a common turtle cancer takes a lesson from human cancers A one-two punch can knock out a common cancer in sea turtles. Just as some human cancers are best treated first by surgical removal of the tumor and then by chemotherapy, surgery and treatment with the anticancer drug fluorouracil reduced the reoccurrence of the sometimes deadly turtle cancer fibropapilloma from 60% to 18%,