Steve Enders

Steve is the Founder and Director of theTurtleRoom, responsible for theTurtleRoom's consistent achievement of its mission and goals, oversees all development of educational resources, and handles all the web and technical details. He also authors many of the educational resources for the site and works with other organizations (AZA and TSA) and privately to develop quality, detailed captive breeding programs of carefully selected turtle and tortoise specimens in an effort to meet theTurtleRoom's conservation goals. Steve holds a B.A. in Music (with concentrations in both Jazz Studies and Saxophone) from Lebanon Valley College and is a graduate student studying Mathematics at Millersville University. Currently, Steve keeps mainly the Graptemys species, many of which are presently threatened or endangered. His trio of Graptemys oculifera will be part of the upcoming AZA Species Survival Plan for the species. Additionally, he co-owns a group of Geoemyda spengleri with Anthony that are also listed in the AZA SSP for the species. He has also published a North American Regional Studbookstudbook for the Western Hermann's Tortoise (which he co-wrote with Chris Leone of Garden State Tortoise). Steve is a member of the Turtle Survival Alliance and Turtle & Tortoise Preservation Group as well as TurtleForum.com (Steve E), TortoiseBoard.com (theTurtleRoom), and TortoiseForum.org (theTurtleRoom). You can contact him at [email protected], or on Twitter as @steveenders8. For more about Steve, head to his bio page.

The Pondcast, Episode 43

"A Turtle God"

Anthony, Steve and Kevin sit down for a chat with one of the most accomplished and experienced turtle minds in the world, Cris Hagen. Cris is the Director of Animal Management for the Turtle Survival Alliance. He has been around the world studying turtles and has been an important voice at the table in every important discussion regarding turtles over the past several decades. Watch […]

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The Pondcast, Episode 42

Ashley from Zoo Med

The guys talk with their friend Ashley Rademacher-Morgan. Ashley is the Animal Care and Education Coordinator for Zoo Med Laboratories, located in California. How cool is that!? We’ve gotten to know Ashley over the years through her partnership with several different turtle organizations, including ours. We know you will love her as much as we do and we hope you enjoy this glimpse into Zoo

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The Pondcast, Episode 40

Tom Crutchfield

Join Anthony, Steve, Kevin, and Shannon, as they sit down to converse with one of the world’s most iconic reptile figures. Watch as they talk about the way it was in decades past, as well as interesting stories from the field. You don’t have to dress up like Anthony to join in the interesting conversation the first Monday of every month, here on the Pondcast!

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The Pondcast, Episode 37

Talking TSA with Jordan Gray

Anthony and Steve touch base with their friend Jordan Gray to discuss the TSA and all things turtle. Jordan is one of the more engaging educators and speakers around. His knowledge and strategies for really reaching his audience are incredible. We are lucky to have him as an ambassador for turtles, and as always, we are lucky to be able to collaborate with him.

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The Pondcast, Episode 36

Terrapins

Anthony, Steve and Kevin come together to chat with Jack Berlin, the CEO of Accusoft, a Tampa-based technology company. After visiting Jack at his office, Anthony thought he would make a great guest on the show. Jack is working hard to bring a naturalistic Diamondback Terrapin display and sanctuary to Upper Tampa Bay Park. Jack is a Diamondback lover who will stop at nothing until

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