Endangered Species Native to Washington Needs Your Help The western pond turtle Emys marmorata is an endangered species native to Washington. The species used to be common decades ago but its population has declined mainly due to habitat loss and predation from other species. Today, despite the efforts the species’ population is still below expectation. State wildlife manager seek public input on their recommendations to …
Curious Number of Injured Turtle On The Rise In Australia An increasing number of injured Southern Snake-neck turtles has been brought to the South West-based reptile rescue and rehabilitation centre in the past two months. All of the turtles suffer from shell fractures. Mrs Jess Berry runs the rescue centre said that this is pretty unusual as she only gets 5 turtles with shell fractures …
Turtles Might Play a Key Role in Climate Change Studies on the migration and genetics of hawksbill, loggerhead and green turtles show that they might play a key role in climate change, according to the Emirates Wildlife Society-World Wildlife Fund. With rising temperature they are seeking insight on their behaviour in warm seas. “In the first phase of the project, they have found that turtles …
Euthanasia Might Be The Only Solution Approximately 75 red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans are currently living in a pond in Pennsylvania. The major problem is that this species is considered as invasive in the state since it is not native to Pennsylvania. The major risk for the local painted turtle is the transmission of disease due to the overpopulation of the red-eared slider. “Though plans …
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Annual Migration Has Begun It it this time of the year again, where thousands of thousands of endangered Olive ridley turtle come ashore on Mexico’s Oaxaca Pacific coast to lay their eggs. “We hope to receive some 150,000 nestings which means 15 million eggs. Of those, not all will make it. In arrival beaches it’s common the percentages of survival are …
Save a Forest, Save Turtles The Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) is a Bangladesh-based non-profit organization that is dedicated in protecting and saving rainforests. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is home to 26 threatened species and is lacking protection mostly because of political instability. This area is a hotspot for seven species of turtles and tortoises, including the critically endangered Arakan Forest Turtle, Asian Giant Tortoise …
243 Kilograms of Turtles Destined to Vietnam Rescued It started from a chase in Kandal province and it resulted in the rescue of snakes and turtles. Although the number of snakes and turtles remains unknown, we know that there was 124 kg of snakes and 243 kg of turtles. The man stopped the car and left the scene, leaving behind him the animals. Mr. Dara, …
It Takes One To Save One It takes one male to save a whole tortoise species! Diego, an endangered Chelonoidis hoodensis from Espanola Island, is over a hundred years old but is still very sexually active. He is the father of more than 800 offsprings, which highly contributed to save the species from extinction. He is the dominant male of the three assigned to repopulate …
Baracktrema Obamai – A Newly Discovered Parasitic That Infects Turtles in Malaysia Baracktrema Obamai… it sounds familiar, right ? Yet, it is brand new ! It is a 2-inch parasitic flatworm that infects turtle’s blood in Malaysia. It was named after the current US President Barack Obama. But don’t get it wrong, the American Parasitologists likes to name new species after people that he has …
