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Plastic, Alarm! Let’s Save The Sea Turtles After collecting cigarette butts and plastic off of the beach in Byron, Arlian and his mother, Karin Ecker, are working on a film entitled “Plastic, Alarm! Let’s save the sea turtles”. ‘The aim of the project is to get kids and schools involved to participate in or initiate creative projects towards protecting the environment,’ said Karin. You can

Long Island’s Malaclemys terrapin Die-Off Mistery Solved Back in April 2015 hundreds of Malaclemys terrapin were found dead in Long Island. The species already suffered from a 60% declined in recent years. It took several months of effort and a strong collaboration between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) biologists and a local wildlife rehabilitator, Cornell’s Wildlife Health Program (WHP) to determine

Why Did Turtle Neck Evolved That Way ? The Mistery Could Be Solved After examining a turtle fossil thought to have lived around 150 million years ago, researchers think that the ability of turtles to withdraw their neck into the shell has evolved for hunting purposes: it would allow them to snap up prey much faster. Although it was previously believed that turtle’s neck evolved

Raising Awareness of Wildlife Crime in Southeast Asia TRAFFIC’s latest newsletter is aiming at raising awareness of wildlife crime in Southeast Asia. They highlight the role of Southeast Asia as a market for wildlife contraband. The issue also focuses on the ongoing trade of the Astrochelys yniphora. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Endangered Sea Turtle Monitoring Explained USA: Help monitor sea turtles USA:

Turtle Cemetery Discovered in Brazil Açude do Cedro, one of Brazil’s oldest dam is now home for more than 400 carcases of dead turtles killed by the drought. Indeed, the reservoir is empty of water right now. The “seriousness” of the situation was recently exposed by zoologist Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira who launched an urgent investigation on the impacts of the drought on the ecosystem. Turtle News

Glover’s Reef in Belize provides refuge for sea turtle Threatened hawksbill sea turtle are thriving in the protected water of Glover’s Reef, one of the world’s great barrier reef system in Belize. A recent study showed that the coral reefs around the atoll are home to more than 1,000 young hawksbill turtles. “The findings of our research show that juvenile hawksbill turtles are thriving at

Big-Headed Turtle Update from the TSA it has been on the social media since November 7th, the TSA is facing another crisis, this time, regarding Platysternon megacephalum the big-headed turtle. Indeed, more than 800 turtles were confiscated from two Chinese traders. The turtle have then been given to the TSA who is in charge their rehabilitation at the May Myo turtle rescue center. Turtle News