Matt Knight

SEA Turtle Lab, Malaysia’s first-of-its-kind turtle lab in a hotel lobby Launched last year, the lab is sponsored by The Taaras and is manned and equipped by University Malaysia Terengganu’s Sea Turtle Research Unit. The objective of the laboratory is to gather data and use it to improve sea turtle hatchery management, such as the optimum type of sand as well as on sea turtle […]

Learn more about turtles of the Caribbean and how they are being protected Concerned about declining turtle nesting populations, the TCI Government invited MCS to start the TCI Turtle Project in 2008. With support from the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), we worked with the government and fishers to collect biological data on TCI’s turtles and the fishery. We combined this information with extensive

How the gopher tortoises in King’s Landing, FL are being safely rehomed before construction The gopher tortoise is considered to be a “vulnerable” species according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is a requirement for all developers to do a permitted land survey to identify any gopher tortoises living on development sites. Once identified, the animals have to be relocated to an

Turtle eggs are being sold openly in Sabah, Malaysia despite being illegal, tourism may be playing a part Neither the poster nor the presence of police officers deterred the operation, and business was booming. Families and individuals drove by the corner in cars or simply walked up straight to the men to complete the transaction in broad daylight. The sale and consumption of eggs for

Janette Mikity’s leatherback sea turtle nesting photos from Trinidad go viral Beautiful photos of a leatherback turtle nesting on Trinidad’s north coast have gone viral online. Facebook user Janette Mikity shared the photos via social media on Wednesday, showing a huge leatherback turtle nesting along Grande Riviere beach. ALSO: sulcata tortoise found wandering North Miami Beach, owner sought- see Miscellany section for details Turtle News

Highest number of leatherback sea turtle nests seen in Andaman Islands, India since 2010 Over 300 leatherback nests found in the nesting beaches of Little Andaman, where an average of about 150 nests are usually found every year. He added, “This is the highest number of nests recorded for turtles since the initiation of our monitoring camp in 2010. Existing literature on sea turtle monitoring

Matthew Kail sentenced to prison for involvement in black market trade stretching from South Carolina to Hong Kong U.S. District Judge Joe Anderson’s sentence makes Kail the second member of the ring to receive prison time. Baker received more than a year in prison at his sentencing hearing in March. At least three others with South Carolina connections have received probation and fines. The prison

Cape Coral, FL could designate city-owned land for gopher tortoise habitat Members of the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife say a six-acre land parcel the city owns in northwest Cape is the perfect location for the threatened species. The land is zoned for parks and recreation, but there are no immediate plans to construct a park on the site, which is home to trees, tortoises,

Immense Pacific coral reef survey shows green sea turtle populations increasing To more fully understand the density of the populations of these two turtle species, as well as the environmental and anthropogenic factors that have driven them, the authors combined data from 13 years of in-water visual surveys of turtle abundance near 53 islands, atolls, and reefs throughout the U.S. Pacific. During a survey, a