Rodney Lewis

Chelonia mydas has 900gram tumor removed Found off the coast of the Florida Keys, Chica was diagnosed with fibropapilloma, a common disease that causes tumors to grow on the soft tissue of turtles. A local resident spotted Chica, who had a massive tumor eclipsing the right side of her face along with smaller growths on her eyes and flippers, and called the Turtle Hospital in […]

Springbank Dam repair would kill revived turtle turn Opponents of fixing London’s broken Thames River dam have an unlikely new ally. The busted Springbank Dam has led to a resurgence of the threatened spiny softshell turtle along the Thames. In fact, the turtles, native to Southwestern Ontario, would be one step closer to extinction if the dam were repaired, said Scott Gillingwater, a species-at-risk biologist

TSA Teams in India and Madagascar Return Tortoises Home Confiscated endangered Malagasy tortoises were flown from Mumbai back to Madagascar in April with the support of a network of conservation organizations led by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). The customs and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) at Mumbai International Airport seized 146 ploughshare (Astrochelys yniphora) and radiated (A. radiata) Tortoises on March 21. The tortoises

Turtle nesting season begins Turtle nesting season begins Sunday and experts are hoping the four-year trend of high nesting continues. “We are hoping for the best,” she said. “Last year was a good season and we are hoping for another one.” After almost a decade of a low count of nests, females have been coming ashore in higher numbers since 2012. But Eve Haverfield, president

N.J. tries to keep terrapins from becoming road kill, pets or soup On a gray, unseasonably chilly day last week, two turtle hatchlings emerged from their winter hibernation inside a hole three inches beneath the sand at the Jersey Shore. The diamondback terrapins, a unique turtle that lives in brackish waters along the coast and Delaware Bay, would soon taste freedom for the first time.

Experts begin preserving Hoan Kiem turtle Vietnamese and German experts on April 21 began processing the body of Hoan Kiem turtle, using the plastination technique. Dr. Phan Ke Long, deputy director of the Vietnam Museum of Nature, said the process may last from one to one and a half years, because the specimen is relatively large. According to German experts, the body of the legendary

Seychelles ‘turtle lady’ recognized for lifelong career in sea turtle conservation The Seychelles’ expert on sea turtle conservation, Jeanne Mortimer, says that to be recognised with a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ serves as motivation to keep at what she has been doing for decades. The International Sea Turtle Society announced the recognition at its 36th annual symposium on sea turtle biology and conservation held in Lima,

Puerto Rico Turtle Defender Wins Goldman Prize Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor—an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle—and protect the island’s natural heritage from harmful development. Click the link to read more about his accomplishment. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Mayland state reptile up for