Liam Whitmore

Populations of marine and freshwater turtles declining LAHORE: The population of endangered freshwater and marine turtles is declining due to habitat degradation caused by climate change, said World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Manager Conservation Humaira Ayesha. Talking to APP, she said that Pakistan was home to almost 200 endangered and threatened species of reptiles. However, most of these species are threatened to extinction due to persistent […]

Indonesian governor latest official busted for bribes in environmental case Jakarta – A governor (pictured above) from the island of Sumatra has been charged by Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency over allegations of bribery in connection to a land reclamation project. The governor, Nurdin Basirun, is the latest to be apprehended in this high-profile case. He was arrested on July 10th at his home after transacting a

Gopher tortoises: Study to determine if diseases, dwindling habitat cause low productivity So, you may have seen some rather large and perhaps cumbersome gopher tortoises scuttling through parks, reserves and natural habitats. But how often do you cross smaller, younger gopher tortoises? Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Habour Branch Oceanographic Institute along with the Loggerhead Marinelife Centre at Juno Beach have been asking the same

Drifting ”ghost nets” menace to marine life off Goa Panaji, an area of Goa in India is facing a menacing threat in their oceans. That threat…Ghost nets! It appears that several species of marine fauna are affected the most which includes sea turtles. Ghost nets are fishing nets which have been discarded by fishermen at sea after they become damaged and are no longer useful

Hawksbill sea turtle killed by plastic waste in Gulf of Thailand The latest victim in the global plastic pollution pandemic is an unfortunate hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which was found washed up on a beach in Thailand. Thailand is known to have a severe plastic pollution problem with many stating their “addiction” for plastic. Because of the country’s excessive-plastic waste output, much of it

‘Four-eyed’ hatchlings at the Tennessee Aquarium prop up two endangered turtle species Possible extinction for two turtle species has been safeguarded thanks to Tennessee Aquarium. The news comes after a pair of Four-eyed Turtles hatched at the aquarium and were discovered by their resident herpetologists during incubator inspections. What’s better is that two weeks after this, another pair of a closely related species (Beale’s Four-eyed

Disease linked to poor water quality affects island’s sea-turtle population (graphic) St. Maarten Nature Foundation have recorded a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis (FP), a debilitating disease, during a dive. FP is a tumour forming disease that can greatly affect a turtle’s ability to swim, eat and evade predators. They primarily occur on the soft tissues of a turtle (flippers, eyes, skin). These

20 roofed turtles seized in Mumbai A number of Indian roofed turtles and a parrot were seized from Crawford Market on Saturday in a raid conducted by state forest department, Wildlife Mumbai and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) with the help of an animal welfare NGO. One individual identified as Bilal Mohd Hanif Shaikh (29) was arrested for illegally trading wildlife. To catch the full

Woman arrested for ‘Jabbing,’ ‘Stomping’ sea turtle nest in Miami Beach (video) A woman, Yaqun Lu, was apprehended on Saturday by police after she was found “stomping” and “jabbing” a protected sea turtle nest with a wooden stake typically used to border and protect the nest. The incident which led to Lu’s arrest occurred on Miami Beach at around 8:15am. The nest was clearly protected