Rodney Lewis

Sea Turtles Return Green and Hawksbill turtles have successfully laid eggs that hatched and found there way to the sea. This is the first time in 3 years sea turtles have returned to Khor Kalba see the Conservation section for more. Diamond back terrapins are laying eggs in golf bunkers and Tybee Sea Turtle project members excavate their 7th sea turtle nest, plus more in […]

Silver beaked tortoise This issues contains some updates to a few stories from Sunday. We have some video and photos of Boris who’s had a silver beak modeled with the help of 3D printing, some researchers require more funding to complete their findings on snapping turtle blood and others stories in the Conservation section. The captain photographed sitting on a Leatherback sea turtle is cleared

Rescue Me To brighten up your day check out the Rescues section for a couple of videos of sea turtle being save by people at sea. If you haven’t heard of Dwight the turtle then check out his cuteness in the Miscellany section. A couple of lucky tortoises that have been found and a tortoise that’s escaped, now has a bounty on its head. Plus

Tour de Turtles Two loggerhead turtles are released near Bonsteel Park as part of the eighth Tour de Turtles and a sea turtle stops people visiting the USS Arizona Memorial; in the Conservation section. A leatherback sea turtle is spotted of the Dorset coast, UK; in the Ecology section. A fisherman in Yorkshire, UK nets a big turtle, a turtle in a bookstore! and others

eDNA can be used to track turtles Environmental DNA (eDNA) allows the detection of the presence of organisms without direct observation; Surprisingly, the eDNA approach had not been applied to turtles in aquatic environments… . CROW need help feeding a sea turtle and other stories in the Conservation section. Volunteers are being heckled by beach-goers, see the Crime & Punishment section. Have you lost a

Ridley goes from critical to good Ridley the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand has been upgraded from critical to good. A couple of stories on managing predation of sea turtle eggs and others; in the Conservation section. Two stories on educating the public on sea turtles; in the Education section. Stories about a sea turtle nest vandalisation and two injured tortoises

Another tortoise has a 3D printed shell Fred a Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaris) has received an entire 3D printed shell as a replacement after his was damaged in a forest fire. Cooktown in Australia imposed a moratorium on sea turtle and Dugong hunting, see the Conservation section. That RES you “released” after the Ninja Turtle Craze, we’ve found that, see the Miscellany section. Turtle News