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Hoan Kiem turtle to be preserved by modern technology “Hanoi has decided to apply the plastination technique to preserve the Hoan Kiem turtle,” revealed Dr. Ha Dinh Duc, the most well-known expert about the legendary turtle in Vietnam. Duc said this modern method will keep the animals preserved for a long time. Accordingly, water and fat in the cells will be sucked out before experts […]

Tracking Poachers Using Fake Eggs Sea turtles eggs have been poached for hundreds of years but it is today a very critical situation given the status of sea turtles. Every year in Nicaragua and other countries its several hundred of eggs that disappear in the hand of poachers for the black market. To that extent, Paso Pacifico proposed to design fake eggs equipped with a

Misery Bay Blanding’s turtle researcher awaits final field results Misery Bay Blanding’s turtle researcher Donnell Gasbarrini says a conclusion has yet to be made in the cause of death of over 71 turtles in 2013, but the researcher says she will know more once further data is collected next month. “Things are starting to wrap up, I am aiming to have my final defence this

Teachers help in turtle conservation Aware of the turtle conservation work by FOSTER (Friends Of Sea Turtles Education & Research) on Libaran island, a group of teachers from SMK Batu Sapi and SMK Ulu Sugut decided to get down to the ground and help out. They contacted FOSTER and booked themselves for a three-day two-night volunteer program and entered Libaran Island on a sunny morning

Truro scientist finds link between box turtles and power lines It’s not easy keeping up with box turtles. Dr. Ray Clarke, a scientist who spent three years tracking the land-roving reptiles through the woods of Truro and Wellfleet, learned that first-hand. His study focused on how the right-of-ways around the Outer Cape’s power lines might be affecting the breeding habits and survival of Eastern box

Meet the home-grown guardians of Odisha’s Olive Ridley turtles A new generation of locals in Rushikulya’s fishing villages of Purnabandha, Gokurkuda and Podampeta, who’ve grown up with messages of conservation, is taking charge of reptilian guest relations. They’re battling tradition, collaborating with experts, stretching budgets creatively and relying on good-old-fashioned grit so that Odisha, the world’s single most important breeding area for Olive Ridleys, can

Singapore Zoo Receives Two Aldabra Tortoises For Breeding Plan Two females Aldabra tortoises were given to the Singapore Zoo from Mauritius as a commemoration gift. The two tortoises are currently under quarantine at the zoo but they will join an existing herd of six tortoises in a month. Named Casela and Coco, these two females will be a great boost to their breeding programme. Turtle

National Geographic makes Atlanta turtle its cover model The Reimann’s snake-necked turtle is not a conventionally attractive creature — except, perhaps, to other snake-necked turtles — but Zoo Atlanta’s specimen is about to experience 15 minutes of fame. The turtle will be on the cover of National Geographic magazine next month as part of a multi-year project by photographer Joel Sartore. Sartore came to Zoo

[iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/H4533qZ6cGQ” align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”] Rescuers Free 12 Illegally Trapped Turtles Wildlife SOS found more than 50 turtles entangled in a poacher’s net at the Keetham Lake in India. When officials from Wildlife SOS arrived, 42 turtles were already dead but they were able to release 12 of them. The four species identified were endangered species unfortunately. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Baby