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Creating A Safe Haven For Native Australian Chelonians With The Goal Of Reintroduction Program In the northernmost part of Victoria, Australia is a plethora of incredible and beautiful ecosystems which support a wide variety of interesting as well as endangered wildlife. This region also supports three of Australia’s native turtles species, and two organizations, North Central Catchment Management Authority and Turtles Australia, have joined forces […]

Threatened turtles of the Pearl River The Pearl River system hosts two unique turtle species: the Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera) and the Pearl Map Turtle (Graptemys pearlensis). Neither of these species can be found anywhere else in the world… only the Pearl River system of Mississippi and Louisiana! The Ringed Sawback was designated as federally threatened in 1986, while the Pearl Map Turtle was petitioned

Teen Conservationist An Inspiration For Generations To Come Spending hours in the hot sun to erect a enclosed pen- it sounds like a job which someone would hire out; however, this high schooler had other plans. Ben Voth is a passionate conservationist who lives in Agoura Hills, California. A member of Boy Scouts, he decided to use his learned skills to benefit the local wildlife,

City destroyed turtle nests, Unity Road resident says A concerned Kingston citizen has called out the city for grading road shoulders in a turtle nesting area. Rick Jeffries was returning from his daily run when he noticed that a stretch of Unity Road near his house had been graded and rolled by a City of Kingston road maintenance crew. To most, nothing would seem awry

Vets try to fix turtle that lost its dive “The CT confirmed a large amount of free gas in the turtle’s coelomic cavity,” Murdoch University veterinary radiologist Shona Reese said. “Based on the imaging findings, there was evidence of a torn left-sided ligament associated with the lung, while the right-sided ligament was intact. This likely resulted in the gas accumulation.” ALSO: tortoise stolen in WI!

Funded Partnership Seeks To Gain Valuable Population Data Through Head-Starting Program A multi-organizational partnership is well on it’s way to being the one of the most successful Gopherus agassizii conservation programs in North America. The San Diego Zoo Global conservationists, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Edwards Air Force Base, Cadiz, Inc., and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have joined forces to initiate a headstarting program

Fitzroy Island seeks investment partner for multi-million dollar redevelopment The family who owns Fitzroy Island has rejected suggestions their patch of paradise is up for sale by launching a call for an investment partner willing to tip in millions of dollars to create a hub of environmental tourism. Managing director Doug Gamble said he has engaged a real estate agent to represent Fitzroy Island in

Turtle Rescue Continue Their Efforts Towards The Conservation of Malaclemys terrapin Sea Isle Terrapin Rescue staff have not had a dull moment this season; in fact, they have been nearly overwhelmed in their efforts to protect the native Malaclemys terrapin which has been in decline over recent years. In the town of Sea Isle in New York, Malaclemys terrapin are frequently observed making their way

History of side-necked turtle diversification revealed A work authored by a group of paleontologists affiliated to University of São Paulo’s Biology Department in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil – published in Royal Society Open Science – is the most comprehensive phylogeny of the Pleurodira suborder of side-necked turtles produced. Pleurodira includes the Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis unifilis). The study gathers phylogenetic, biogeographical and morphological data in