Rodney Lewis

A Gopher tortoise is not a toy Dogs have been mistaking the threatened Gopher tortoise as chew toys, Poachers on the Pacuare beach have allegedly attacked sea turtle volunteers and police in India discover a softshelled turtle during a raid, all in the Crime & Punishment section. The top photo is from a release of 175,000 sea turtles on a Mexican beach, The Beach Bunch […]

Now that’s a turtle! Kevin Enge of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission picked up a 125 pound Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) from the Suwannee River (see photo). Their is also some great video footage of the turtle under water, see the Ecology section. A sea turtle is rescued from a sand pit on a Jacksonville beach, two Leatherback seaturtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are

Blanding’s turtle travels 17 miles We have a story about a Blandings turtle that was micro-chipped in 2007 which was found 17 miles away in 2014, highlighting how valuable wildlife corridors are and the extensive range of the the turtle. Also an audio interview with Dr James van Dyke whilst at the Murray River Turtle Forum at Calperum and a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle release

Crisis in the Philippines This is a very, very urgent appeal for funds to help 4000 turtles confiscated by authorities in Palawan during the past couple of days. The vast majority of them, 3,800, are the endemic Philippine Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) which only exist in a small range at the northern end of Palawan. This number exceeds the current understanding of the existing wild

People doing great things David Godfrey is carrying on the work of Archie Carr at the Sea Turtle Conservancy, Beach ambassadors at Pensacola beach are educating people to leave no footprints and some Gopher tortoises are rehomed when a rescue centre is closed down, see the Conservation section. Check out the fantastic Sea turtle artwork by Alexa Caskey and the giant mechanical Sea turtle that

Shell repairs One lucky turtle has its shell repaired using the cable tie method and a Leopard tortoise has it’s final fitting for its 3-D printed shell, see the Turtle Repairs section. If you’re out and about on Virginia Beach, N.E.S.T have put up new signage to inform the public about sea turtles and how best to help them. A Hawksbill sea turtle released three

Hicatee Conservation Initiative To start the week off we would like to highlight the work of the Hicatee Conservation Initiative which is monitoring the Central American River Turtle in remote lagoons and rivers of Belize. They have also produced an education pack to teach children in Belize all about this critically endangered turtle. Check out their website in the Conservation Initiatives section. After a quiet

Students help release sea turtles After a week packed full of stories Sunday is quiet. We have a stories about the Jetty High School students releasing sea turtles as part of the “Scientists In Schools” program. A sea turtle rescue as told from the coast guards perspective and a plea not to dump your unwanted turtles in the Vancouver Parks Lakes. So enjoy your Sunday

Operation Jairo May 31st marked the two year anniversary of the murder of Jairo Mora Sandoval whilst he was protecting sea turtles from poaches. While this was a shocking event things have changed, the patrols now have police protection and seaturtle eggs are being saved. Filmmaker David Weintraub is drawing national attention with ‘Call of the Ancient Mariner’ documentary. See the three stories at the