Rodney Lewis

Austalian children publish book about saving our turtles BUNDABERG’S next generation have joined forces with an award-winning Australian children’s author to pen Too Bright Tonight, an illustrated book that highlights the importance of light conservation around turtle rookeries. The project, financed by Hinkler Central, teamed award-winning writer Emma Mactaggart with local children as part of the Cut the Glow conservation efforts of Queensland Parks and […]

Turtle rescue and rehab helps Tourette’s sufferer fight his mental illness I have found my purpose in life and not even my mental health can stop that. Severe Tourette’s Syndrome rendered Ryan Stevens incapable of completing university and made his long term dream of being a television presenter almost impossible to reach. Tourettes was a thorn in his side and he says his depression was

Young boy hopes to save Dermochelys coriacea one cookie at a time Moved by a video he once saw in a science class that depicted how leatherback turtles were becoming extinct, 11-year-old Ahmad Iszuddin Ahmad Izham initiated his own non-profit group, Save Sea Animals From Extinction (SAFE), to help save the species. Today, Iszuddin has set up a booth at the Easy Like Sunday Morning

Eliza Ann the loggerhead wins Tour de Turtles this year It may not have been the fastest race in history, but Anna Maria Island won the marathon with loggerhead Eliza Ann. The turtle was named Eliza Ann for the Sea Turtle Conservancy event, Tour de Turtles, which ended Nov. 1. The Waterline Resort and Marina, in Holmes Beach, featuring Eliza Ann�s Coastal Kitchen restaurant, sponsored

Crime-scene technique used to track turtles Scientists have used satellite tracking and a crime-scene technique to discover an important feeding ground for green turtles in the Mediterranean. University of Exeter researchers measured “stable isotope ratios” � a chemical signature also used by forensic scientists � to discover which foraging grounds turtles had come from to breed in Cyprus. They discovered that Lake Bardawil, on Egypt’s

Dying for love You see them here, you see them there, turtles are crossing roads everywhere � but why? The answer is sex. It�s arguably the only reason that could explain why so many native long neck turtles are driven to cross major highways and back roads despite their fear of the traffic. Unfortunately it�s that same fear which triggers a retreat into their shells

Sabah Park in Malyasia on the world turtle map Pulau Selingan, an island 50 minutes away by speedboat, has gained international recognition in turtle conservation following its gazetting as a park 40 years ago. “This has directly contributed to efforts to sustain the survival of turtles,” Sabah Parks Director Dr Jamili Nais said, when officiating the 40th Turtle Island Park Gazettement Day, Saturday. “This is

Study shows commercial harvest of snapping turtles is leading to population decline Crawling through neck-high mud on riverbanks is a dirty job, but someone has to do it for the sake of Virginia’s snapping turtles. That task falls on Benjamin Colteaux, a Ph.D. candidate in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Integrative Life Sciences program, and other members of “Team Snapper” working in the lab of Derek Johnson,

The illegal turtle trade: Why scientists keep secrets I could tell you where I work, but then I�d have to kill you. OK, not really; that seems extreme. But I might blindfold you if I took you there. Now you�re wondering what kind of work could justify such secrecy. I bet you aren�t thinking �turtles.� Turtles are in trouble. Some researchers have even used the