Matt Knight

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and its partners working to solve mystery of shell disease in western pond turtles For years, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and its partners have been reintroducing young western pond turtles into the wild. On Tuesday morning, experts collected adult turtles suffering from shell disease — a mysterious, difficult-to-cure and sometimes fatal disorder. Experts are in the […]

Loggerhead Marinelife Center estimates 25,000 nests on Jupiter beach in 2019 By the end of the season, the center has predicted 25,000 green, loggerhead and leatherback nests will have dotted the 9.5 miles of beach Loggerhead monitors. Currently, 11,487 nests dot the beach from the entrance of MacArthur Beach State Park to the Jupiter Inlet. “These nest numbers are not unexpected,” said Dr. Justin Perrault,

Reptile expert Joseph Mitchell killed after walking onto Florida roadway Mitchell, of Fort White, worked as a herpetology research associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. He also published or edited more than 500 papers on turtles, according to the Gainesville Sun. “He was well-known in conservation biology and turtle biology,” the museum’s courtesy assistant curator, Ken Dodd, told the newspaper. “He

Cayman Turtle Centre may have to stop releasing sea turtle hatchlings without government verification of its standards and protocols Ebanks-Petrie said that research over more than 20 years of wild turtle populations nesting in Cayman shows that they travel significant distance and do not remain in local waters. Given the range they have, the release of farmed turtles poses a threat to turtles nesting in

South American River Turtle subject of new study, results show 147,000 being protected Despite their local importance and past abundance, turtle populations are still threatened by the hunting and collection of adults and juveniles, looting of nests, the illegal trafficking of hatchlings to be used as pets, and the use of inappropriate fishing gear which can harm or kill individuals. In addition, broader degradation of

Bald Head Island Conservancy, NC wins International Sea Turtle Symposium’s President’s Award for their work protecting sea turtles The award was for research, education and community engagement. Guests from UNC Chapel Hill’s Lohmann Lab attended to share their collaboration with BHI Conservancy studying how the magnetic fields of sea turtles lead many of them to nest in the same region they had hatched every year.

World-first: JCU Turtle Health Research Facility’s “phage therapy” trials successful in treating rehabbing green sea turtles “Green turtles rely on ‘good bacteria’ in their gut to extract nutrients from food,” said Dr Robert Kinobe, one of the researchers involved in the study. “This creates a challenge when it comes to treating bacterial infections because if we administer antibiotics, it can destroy the ‘good bacteria’ and

Tortoises or Trucks? Once again, gopher tortoises in Florida are being protected, relocated The CDL course is offered by Marion Technical College, which is operated by the district. There is a national shortage of truck drivers, and the program’s focus is to help fill the needs of local companies. Mark Vianello, the district’s executive director of the Career and Technical Education department, said the tortoise

Meet A Lajwanti Naidu, and learn about how tourism in India can help protect its sea turtles Diviseema is a small and fertile island located in the delta region where the Krishna River divides in two and meets the Bay of Bengal. Notable places on Diviseema include Kuchipudi, Movva, Ghantasala, Sangameswaram, Nagayalanka, Bhavadevarapalli, Koduru, Hamasaladeevi, Mopidevi, and Avanigadda. Sponsored by the Andhra Pradesh government to