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New Blanding’s turtles Site Discovered After decades of research, the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute have found a fourth pocket of Blanding’s turtles in Nova Scotia. Before this discovery, only 3 populations of about 350 turtles were known. “We had a very credible sighting report and then we were able to follow up on that and found so many turtles – we have a lot of […]

The Plight of the Western Pond Turtle in Oregon Actinemys marmorata is an endangered species in Oregon and was once near extinction with only 150 remaining individuals left state-wide. Today this species still suffers from habitat destruction and degradation, urbanization, development for human habitation and also over-use of water sources. American western states and Mexico have been working with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

The Mistery Of Raine Island Might be Solved Raine Island is the largest and most important nesting site for green turtles in the world however the rate of successful hatches is less than 30%. They first believed it was due to seawater flooding the nests during high tides until the following year when the success hatch rate doubled. What changed during that year ? The

Guernsey Receives Tortoise From Durell for CT Scan George, a 46-year-old radiated tortoise, travelled from Jersey to Vets4Pets in St Martin’s to have a CT scan. Indeed, St Martin’s surgery is the only island in the Channel Islands with an animal CT scan. The 46-year-old radiated tortoise named George has been having issues with his front limb for a while and previous examination did not

State Law Keeps Gopher Tortoise Safe Over the last 10 years, the treatment of the Gopher Tortoise has changed a lot. Until 2007, land owners could apply for a “incidental-take” permit to simply entomb the animals in their own burrows. The Orlando Sentinel reported that 12,690 incidental-take permits were issued in 2006 and another 6,867 in 2007 before the law changed. Today in Florida Gopher

Gladys Porter Zoo Hatches Galápagos Tortoise The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas hatched a few Galápagos tortoise eggs last week. The Zoo is currently waiting for more eggs to hatch and are hoping to get some females in order to help sustain the species. “Until they’re ready (to leave the incubator), we keep them wrapped up to simulate being underground. They spend up to

Emydoidea blandingii Threatening Turbine Project Revoked A proposed wind turbine development in Prince Edward County, east of Toronto got revoked in favour of the endangered species after the project was judged to cause the turtle “serious and irreversible” harm. This is the third time in three years ! Cheryl Anderson the past president of the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists said that “It’s been a

The Diamonback Terrapin Project The Turtle Conservancy and the Terrapin Nesting Project in Long Beach Island will work together on a diamonback terrapin project. it is the Turtle Conservancy’s first conservation effort in the Eastern United States. The Malaclemys terrapin terrapin has seen its number declined for the past two centuries due to harvests for the food, pet trade, habitat loss,and by-catch in crabtraps. The

Florida Is Strict On Protecting Macrochelys temminckii A man was charged in Florida for attempting to smuggle a huge alligator snapping turtle out of the Escambia river. After inspecting a suspicious boat, an officer from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission found a Macrochelys temminckii in a hidden compartment. According to the FWC, the alligator snapping turtle is protected as a State Species of Special