Man Puts His Carpentry Skills and Creativity To Work With Incredibly Designed Tortoise Habitat When most people think of an off-grid home, they picture a cabin with solar panels, but one man had something completely different in mind. Paul Gordon, the owner of two large Sulcata tortoises, decided to think out of the box when his pets became too large for their enclosure. Knowing the […]

Tennessee Aquarium Researchers Create First Map Of North America�s Turtle Communities Many scientists research turtles at the level of individual species or single habitats, but this study represents the first attempt to consider them on the scale of the entire continent. The map divides North America into 16 bio-geographic �provinces,� sprawling regions containing turtle species with similar or shared characteristics. Looking at these reptiles in

Bristol Zoo Makes A Huge Leap Forward In Their Work With Endangered Asian Chelonians Since his fascinating adventure to Vietnam, Tim Skelton, curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Bristol Zoo, has been increasingly eager to reproduce the endangered Cuora mouhoutii, a native resident of the Asian country. It has been a long 12 years, and the zoo has finally broke the ribbon and successfully

Back from the dead�how to revive a lost species The discovery of DNA links or ‘high ancestry’ to extinct Floreana species of giant tortoise means the mega-herbivore could one day be returned to the island for repatriation via a captive-breeding program � perhaps within the next five years. Professor Luciano Beheregaray, Head of the Molecular Ecology Group at Flinders University, says the conservation effort will

Non-profit tortoise rescue thrives in Tri-Cities “I did everything wrong and I saw one of my beloved tortoises that I had had for years die right on schedule because of poor care,” said Meyer. “Because there’s so much misinformation out there.” Her mission now? “My top three of what I’m dedicated to, so to speak, is education, rescue and captive breeding,” explained Meyer. “Education is

3D Technology A Huge Step Forward Towards A Solution For Growing Predation Issues Psammobates geometricus is listed as a critically endangered species by the IUCN; as a result, conservationists have been racing to save this tortoise which is declining at an alarming rate. Now, a North American project is being applied towards this species in the hope that predation can be greatly reduced or even

Need for uniform conservation laws for turtles in Malaysia In its analysis and experience on the ground, World Wildlife Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF Malaysia) showed that state laws governing turtles were inadequate and unable to protect turtles. �There is no uniformity of laws on turtles in Malaysia, which creates loopholes in the enforcement of laws. �In the peninsula, comprehensive banning of turtle egg possession

Loggerhead Marinelife Center In A Race Against Time With Hurricane Irma Hot On Their Heels While thousands flee their homes in the calm before the storm, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center is still tirelessly at work, in a race to secure their animals in need of urgent care. As hurricane Irma bears down on the state of Florida, the facility decided to evacuate all their sea