Too hot to hatch: dry, hot weather impacting Queensland’s endangered bum-breathing turtle Researchers say it is not a pretty story for Queensland’s endangered Mary River Turtle this year, which is having an ‘extremely unusual’ nesting season. Hot and dry weather has had a significant impact on the timing of the nesting with turtles only now starting to lay their eggs, about a month later than […]

Sea Turtle Superheroes There’s never a dull moment. Calls for help can come at any time. “We’re 24/7,” Howell said. “We’ll go out at night to pick up turtles that have swallowed fishing hooks. We’ve had turtles entangled in shoe laces, dragging a shoe…” Whatever the case may be the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network—led by NOAA Fisheries and made up of federal, state,

Big-Headed Turtle Update from the TSA it has been on the social media since November 7th, the TSA is facing another crisis, this time, regarding Platysternon megacephalum the big-headed turtle. Indeed, more than 800 turtles were confiscated from two Chinese traders. The turtle have then been given to the TSA who is in charge their rehabilitation at the May Myo turtle rescue center. Turtle News

Sea Turtle Doctor pioneers new science Dr. Craig Harms had planned on spending the day writing parts of a book he was co-authoring. The subject he was focused on was sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation, so it was no surprise when a sea turtle emergency put an end to his quiet plans for the day on Sept. 27, 2016. That morning, a weak loggerhead sea

Students study Malaclemys terrapin The classroom consists of tall grasses, sand, water and turtles. For second-year students at Rowan College at Gloucester County today is a rescue mission to save diamondback terrapins, a hands-on science lesson at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor. DeGraff, a biology professor who teaches the Marine Science degree program, has been incorporating the active field study into her courses for

Nellie the Turtle back from the brink and out to sea The turtle spent more than three years in care recovering from fibropapillomatosis [FP] which causes turtles to grow benign tumours throughout their body. “It can be fatal, especially if it develops internally,” Ms Gilbert says. “They can get tumours on their eyes and it blinds them. It can be a very slow, debilitating way

Major effort begins to restore tortoise habitat Thirty miles outside of St. George, where the westernmost mountains of Utah slope off into a sea of tangled Joshua trees and desert scrub, a team of volunteers is undertaking the largest habitat restoration research effort yet tried to help the Mojave Desert Tortoise. John Kellam, a wildlife biologist with the Bureau of Land Management, said the species’

Endangered Species Native to Washington Needs Your Help The western pond turtle Emys marmorata is an endangered species native to Washington. The species used to be common decades ago but its population has declined mainly due to habitat loss and predation from other species. Today, despite the efforts the species’ population is still below expectation. State wildlife manager seek public input on their recommendations to