Rodney Lewis

Mundo Marino Foundation release two sea turtles after treatment Two turtles have been released back into the wild after one contracted a near-deadly infection caused by consuming plastic. The pair were rescued after they had tangled themselves in a fishing net nearly three months ago in Argentina waters. They were brought to Mundo Marino Educational Park, an aquarium, where they spent nearly three months in […]

Over 70 rare turtle hatchlings released after miraculous rescue during Hurricane Michael Life didn’t start out easy for dozens of diamond terrapin turtle hatchlings. “It was survival of the fittest right from the start,” said Kris Porter of Owl’s Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife. More than 70 baby diamondback terrapins turtles were found caught in seaweed that washed up on a Pasco County shoreline after Hurricane

Tourism can worsen deadly light pollution in sea turtle habitats The harmful relationship between sea turtles and light pollution has emerged as an important consideration in sea turtle conservation. What is less known is the relationship between sea turtles and the tourists who visit them, and subsequently encourage increased development along pristine shorelines. Light is an important navigation tool for sea turtles. But human interference

Sea Turtles Return to Versova Beach After Lawyer’s Massive Cleanup Efforts Just a few years ago, Mumbai’s Versova Beach practically doubled as a landfill. The plastic garbage and filth was piled literally feet high; photographs were taken of people standing knee-deep in garbage, rendering the beach effectively useless for the turtles and other sea-dwelling creatures that use beaches—crucial parts of their habitat. Indian lawyer and

High schoolers to study sea turtles in the Bahamas In an effort to help save the green sea turtle species from further decline, five Exeter-West Greenwich High School students will be heading to a research facility in the Bahamas next month to study and track the endangered animals. The study will take place on Eleuthera Island at a facility funded by EarthWatch, an international environmental

The Incredible Life of Silvia, Chelonia mydas After years of monitoring, scientists managed to confirm that this green turtle successfully managed to migrate from Peru to Galapagos to nest on the beaches of Santa Cruz Island. Silvia. That was the name that the Peruvian scientists from the Center for the Integral Conservation of Marine Ecosystems of the Eastern Pacific, Ecoceanic, gave to a green turtle

In Assam, turtles are breeding again — in temple ponds The caretaker of a 500-year-old temple in Assam is the man-on-the-ground at the state’s only turtle conservation project. In 1994, the residents of Hajo, a small town in middle Assam, remember congregating around a rickety old wheelbarrow. Later, as the cart moved around the town, so did the small procession — each person wanting to

Smuggler arrested in Papua with over 2,000 endangered turtles A man has been arrested for trying to smuggle 2,000 endangered pig-nosed turtles, police said, marking the latest wildlife-trafficking arrest as the Southeast Asian nation battles the vast trade. Authorities in Papua province said they seized 2,227 of the palm-sized turtles which were stuffed into boxes on a boat docked in the remote town of Agats.

Turtle-sniffing dogs heading to Bur Oak Land Trust project The concern is for the ornate box turtle, Iowa’s only native terrestrial turtle which lives on sandy prairies and open forest land. This is in sharp contrast to the river and wetland-loving snapping turtle and northern painted turtle — and its 10 other Iowa cousin-species. These box turtles are listed as “threatened” in Iowa, and Bur