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Meet Mona Khalil, founder of Lebanon’s Orange House Project protecting sea turtles and raising the next generation of conservationists Khalil founded Orange House Project in 2000 after finding turtles on al-Mansouri beach and felt compelled to protect the area so that they could continue to come and nest there. She informed the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles that there were turtles on the […]

Undercover sting takes down international endangered turtle smuggler An undercover organisation has apprehended an international reptile smuggler, spanning across two continents. Last week, Nai Chun Vincent Cheung, 54, was arrested for allegedly smuggling hundreds of protected freshwater turtles that were shipped from Florida to Hong Kong. The illegal activity occurred over an 18-month period. Authorities captured Cheung in California on August 8th, who now faces

How Tim Shields’ Hardshell Labs is using drones to disrupt raven predation of hatchling desert tortoises There are an estimated 1 million ravens cruising the Pacific Flyway from Washington to California, and populations are booming in the Mojave. The Audubon annual bird count shows that there’s been an estimated 700 percent increase in ravens there over the past 40 years. The tortoises, meanwhile, are in

Populations of marine and freshwater turtles declining LAHORE: The population of endangered freshwater and marine turtles is declining due to habitat degradation caused by climate change, said World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Manager Conservation Humaira Ayesha. Talking to APP, she said that Pakistan was home to almost 200 endangered and threatened species of reptiles. However, most of these species are threatened to extinction due to persistent

Turtle embryos play a role in determining their own sex By moving around the egg to find what Richard Shine, a professor at Macquarie University of Australia and one of the co-authors, calls the “Goldilocks Zone”—where the temperature is not too hot and not too cold—the turtles can shield against extreme thermal conditions imposed by changing temperatures and produce a relatively balanced sex ratio. “This

Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles 2019 has begun! Started in 2008, the Tour de Turtles (TdT) is a fun, educational journey through the science, research and geography of sea turtle migration using satellite telemetry. Created by Sea Turtle Conservancy, with help from sponsors and partners, this event follows the marathon migration of sea turtles, representing four different species, from their nesting beaches to their

Cyprus residents once again drive away Council of Europe’s international environmentalists attempting to protect sea turtle nests The first incident provoked a reaction by the government, which instructed the police to investigate complaints by the environmentalists. A report was handed to the Attorney General who will decide whether court action will be taken. The villagers of the area are at war with environmental organizations, accusing

Seaturtle.org’s Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System can show you sea turtle nests being laid around the world The Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System collects data from monitored sites from local organizations. The system was designed in cooperation with sea turtle coordinators in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Areas interested in using the Sea Turtle Monitoring System to manage data can contact Seaturtle.org to get

Funding cut for loggerhead sea turtle protection in Gnaraloo area, Australia by government, state, and Gnaraloo Station Trust A spokesman for the Federal Environment Minister said the Government was committed to the conservation of the Gnaraloo loggerhead turtle rookeries in the Ningaloo World Heritage Area. “The Australian Government continues to protect this species in this area through activities funded under the five-year Regional Land Partnerships