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Winter habitat management will help Blanding’s Turtles in spring Late summer and early fall is the time when eggs laid by New Hampshire turtles in the spring begin to hatch and future generations emerge from their upland nest chambers. With luck and excellent camouflage, these tiny hatchlings will make it to the safety of a pond, stream, or wetland. In an effort to move ahead […]

Chelonia Mydas Granted Incredible Chance At Life With State-Of-The-Art Prothesis If it wasn’t for Kevin Carroll, Rocky the sea turtle would likely not be here today. A professional Prosthetist, Carroll dedicates his days to designing the most ingenious ways of providing artificial limbs to amputees, and fortunately for Rocky, he has a soft spot for these massive ocean reptiles. This young Chelonia mydas was involved

Giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa) populations recovering in Brazilian Amazon The turtles’ recovery appears to have also buoyed beach biodiversity in these riverside habitats—and it’s all thanks to four decades of conservation efforts made by local communities. “Community engagement is an essential ingredient in wildlife and natural conservation,” says Kristen Conway-Gómez, a geographer and conservationist at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, who did not

Partnership Works Non-Stop In Efforts To Prevent The Downfall Of Terrapene ornata ornata The Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) is a native resident of northern Illinois, frequenting the unique sand-prairies which span the Lost Mound Unit within the Savanna District of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. However, as a result of development and the initiation of a weapon manufacturing facility,

Delving Deep Into The Magical and Mysterious World Of The Sea Turtle The intricate details of the life of a sea turtle are limited, at best, and we can only presume from our acquired data what these marine reptiles do on a frequent and daily basis. Radio transmitters and cameras have thus far remained the primary method of studying these creatures, and have provided researchers

The sad passing of Dr. Carl H. Ernst This week has seen the passing of Dr Carl Ernst. Below are excerpts from his obituary. “Dr. Carl Henry Ernst passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the age of 80 years… He served as a Research Associate in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Zoology, Smithsonian Institution from 1972 until his death. An

Young Poacher Detained For Illegal Possession Of Threatened Geochelone Elegans Even those you might not expect can be found participating in the illegal wildlife trade. At the young age of merely twenty-two years, a suspect was arrested after being discovered in the possession of twelve Geochelone elegans, a threatened species in the country of India and protected by law. It turns out that the individual

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium observer drop in nesting number The number of sea turtle nests observed on local beaches by Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium researchers dropped this year, from 4,503 in 2017 to 3,151. While a significant decrease, this year’s number remains the third highest recorded in the past 37 years. The highest number of sea turtle nests observed was in 2016, when