Rodney Lewis

Dozens of Scientists Urge Arkansas to Ban Commercial Turtle Trapping The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today received a letter signed by dozens of scientists supporting a ban on commercial trapping of wild freshwater turtles in the state. A group of leading international freshwater turtle experts convened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature supports ending this unsustainable practice. The state Game and […]

Greek volunteers help Caretta caretta injured sea turtles to gain new life Olympia, a “Caretta caretta” sea turtle traced in Kyparissia bay, in the western part of Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, is one of the hundreds injured sea turtles that has found refuge at Archelon Rescue Center at Glyfada, in the southern suburb of Athens. Hugo Gilbert, a 20-year-old volunteer from France, has taken

Snapping turtles showing less contamination from PCBs Snapping turtles in Turkey Creek are showing less contamination from PCBs and that’s a good sign for the Detroit River. “The PCB burdens are declining,” Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Remedial Action Plan co-ordinator Claire Sanders said Friday. “I think it’s a really good news story. We know that those efforts to clean up contaminated sediment have been successful

Cure for a common turtle cancer takes a lesson from human cancers A one-two punch can knock out a common cancer in sea turtles. Just as some human cancers are best treated first by surgical removal of the tumor and then by chemotherapy, surgery and treatment with the anticancer drug fluorouracil reduced the reoccurrence of the sometimes deadly turtle cancer fibropapilloma from 60% to 18%,

No slow days for turtle expert despite retirement Unlike the marine turtles that he had spent years studying, Romeo Trono has apparently never had slow days—even in retirement. Contemplating the sunset by the beach while sipping rum mixed with Coke, Trono, 59, could easily be mistaken for a laid-back hippie, what with his long tousled hair and beaded bracelets. His musings about life reinforce that

82 turtles found dead in crab trap on Sea Isle Beach Environmentalists Steve and Susan Ahern received a disturbing call Memorial Day from the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol. It was 11:30 a.m. when the phone rang. “Beach Patrol said someone walking along the beach down at 11th Street in Sea Isle had called them and said there were approximately 70 dead diamondback terrapins and

Turtle dogs: Spaniels aid research project Before you can study turtles, you have to first find them, and in an environment of hardwood forests, densely covered ground and damp bottomlands such as those at Oak Openings and some of the other Metroparks, that can make for a very lengthy session of hide and seek for biologists. But bring a team of Boykin spaniels into the

Protecting Green Turtles in the Arabian Gulf As the turtle nesting season began each year in Costa Rica, marine biologist Jimena Rodriguez and her team used to camp out on the beaches where Olive Ridley turtles lay their eggs. One night, Rodriguez watched as a turtle tried and failed to stop her nest from collapsing. Using her flashlight, she discovered that the turtle was missing