Sea turtle worker seeks rewards but toils against predators The 2017 sea turtle nesting season is well underway. More than 4,000 nests have been laid across the South Carolina coast so far, nearly all of them loggerheads. The numbers are on pace for a second straight record season for the threatened species. Hundreds of thousands of turtles will hatch. But that’s only part of the […]

Efforts Of Dedicated Beach Patrol Staff Responsible For Continued Survival Of The Caretta caretta Georgia’s sea turtle beach patrols have stepped up their game in recent years with their goal of preserving the hundreds of Caretta caretta nests that are dug each year by gravid females. This success is proven by the 3,289 nests that were protected last year. This was a record-breaking number and

Portuguese artist creates mural to help New Brunswick�s wood turtle Art and activism have come together in the form of a mural that the artist hopes will inspire others to protect the very species he�s trying to create � the wood turtle. �I makes images and portraits of animals or elements of the nature with what kills them, the pollution, the trash, the contamination,� said

Hunting Island nesting numbers climbing after Hurricane Matthew, locals fiercely dedicated to protecting them Halfway through their nesting season, loggerheads on Hunting Island have made a significant rebound after Hurricane Matthew and helped bring the community together. Locals have spent over 30 years developing techniques to protect the turtles that include the best forms of nest protection and protection from predators, and now that nesting

Malaclemys Terrapin Discovered By Canine In Area Characterized By Incredibly Rare Sightings Another canine has made its mark in the world of chelonian conservation. Diamond is an American Staffordshire terrier who uncovered a secret that otherwise would likely have been overlooked or even ignored. It was just another routine early morning stroll on the Western shore of a Hillsmere marina with Lincoln Williams, Diamond’s owner,

Desert Tortoises Gone Captive In 1922, the biologist Edmund Carroll Jaeger, a careful chronicler of the life of the Mojave Desert, described desert tortoises as �excellent pets.� They have a �certain nobility of form,� he observed in Denizens of the Desert. �Nature has withheld from them the gift of expression,� Jaeger wrote, �but they may speak to us just the same, teaching us simplicity, humility

Dundas Turtle Watch Dedicated To Preventing Roadkills And Predation The Dundas Turtle Watch has been patrolling the roadways of Dundas for years, with the goal of reducing roadkill fatalities as well as predation incidents. The group of approximately 50 volunteers faithfully walks a set of three distinct routes, scanning the roadways for turtles that have wandered out their habitats and into dangerous territory. Working in