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Artificial Lighting Disturbs Hatchling Sea Turtles in the Water We knew that artificial lighting disturbed hatchling sea turtles on the beach but a new study shows that it also disturbs them after they enter the water. This study was not possible before because of the lack of tiny tracking devices. Today it is possible to attach such devices to hatchlings. As a consequence, it is […]

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Supports Research To Help Saving the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi’s species conservation fund gave the University of Western Sydney PhD student a grant for her work to help save the Bellinger River Snapping Turtle. She was given $16,000 to continue her work on the critically endangered Myuchelys georgesi. The grant will help her to

Nesting Season Officially Starts on Sunday It’s here ! The nesting season will officially starts on Sunday, May 1st. Will 2016 be as good as the previous four years ? Well we hope so. Since 2012, we have seen the number of females coming ashore increasing. But, this does not mean that 2016 will be as good. Four years is obviously not enough for a

Baiting Project for Australia’s Fox Problem Australia is trying to trick its biggest cunning invasive species by filling fake turtle nest with quail eggs and turtle excrement to showing itself on camera. The project is to find how big the fox predation problem is. They want to use 1080 poison bait against foxes and they therefore need to know where to use it. Turtle News

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

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

[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

Another Dead Turtle In Sabah Another sea turtle was found dead this morning in Sabah. The turtle was found at Gaya Island by the staff of the Gaya Island Resort turtle rescue centre. According to the marine biologist Scott Maybank there is no sign of external damage. This is the second sea turtle found dead, the first one was found on Tuesday at Sipitang. Turtle