tortoise news

Operation Jairo May 31st marked the two year anniversary of the murder of Jairo Mora Sandoval whilst he was protecting sea turtles from poaches. While this was a shocking event things have changed, the patrols now have police protection and seaturtle eggs are being saved. Filmmaker David Weintraub is drawing national attention with ‘Call of the Ancient Mariner’ documentary. See the three stories at the […]

Seaturtle saved from fishing net The video of the seaturtle being cut free from a fishing net is a stark reminder about the junk floating in the oceans. A vet performs a rather nice repair of a box turtle’s shell with dental wire and bondi. Western Painted turtle eggs are being overrun by knapweed in British Columbia and volunters are being recruited to pull up

Our Trash Takes a Life We shouldn’t need reminders to pick up our trash and clean up after ourselves. Especially these kind of reminders. A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle has lost its life to abandoned fishing line, possibly one of the most dangerous things to leave behind at the end of a fishing excursion. This particular turtle ended up caught in the line which was

Turtles May Help Understand The Effect Of BPA On Humans BPA is pretty common in our daily routine. It is mostly used to make water bottles and food can liners and its effect on humans is not yet well known. All we know so far is that it has estrogenic properties. Because turtles metabolizes estrogen the same way humans do, they are being studied to

Diamondback Terrapin Die-off Remains a Mystery Researchers have discovered the Diamondback Terrapins from the massive die-off in New York died after becoming paralyzed. This is one of the symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) that results from high levels of saxitoxin, a marine biotoxin. have reached record levels, but the die-off of the local Diamondback Terrapin population is still covered in a shroud a mystery.

Numerous Geoclemmys Hamiltonii Being Smuggled In India The black pond turtle, Geoclemmys hamiltonii is being massively smuggled in India. On May 14th 2014, around 158 turtles were rescued from poachers. Over the past three months, more than 335 Geoclemmys hamiltonii have been seized at the Mumbai Airport, according to the author “it seems the trade appears to be controlled by a well-organized gang with the

Love for stinkpot turtles Susan Baur the author of “The Turtle Sisters of Cape Cod” book series has article about her love of stinkpot turtles and the education of second graders, see the Education section. Baby flatback turtles with transmitters are to be released today in Western Australia’s Eighty Mile beach, see the Conservation section. An interesting inside view of a road corridor for box

Just in case you missed World Turtle Day® What a day! My twitter stream was busy with the buzz of World Turtle Day® and below we have some of stories and events that have filtered through so far. This year really had some extra va-va-voom about it so expect more World Turtle Day® stories over the next few days. I hope some of you managed