Rodney Lewis

Seaturtle saved from fishing net The video of the seaturtle being cut free from a fishing net is a stark reminder about the junk floating in the oceans. A vet performs a rather nice repair of a box turtle’s shell with dental wire and bondi. Western Painted turtle eggs are being overrun by knapweed in British Columbia and volunters are being recruited to pull up […]

Love for stinkpot turtles Susan Baur the author of “The Turtle Sisters of Cape Cod” book series has article about her love of stinkpot turtles and the education of second graders, see the Education section. Baby flatback turtles with transmitters are to be released today in Western Australia’s Eighty Mile beach, see the Conservation section. An interesting inside view of a road corridor for box

Just in case you missed World Turtle Day® What a day! My twitter stream was busy with the buzz of World Turtle Day® and below we have some of stories and events that have filtered through so far. This year really had some extra va-va-voom about it so expect more World Turtle Day® stories over the next few days. I hope some of you managed

Elementary students show off their skills Third through to sixth grade students will be demonstrating their newly learned conservation and biology skills to families and teachers, see the Education section. A woman in Denton is taking care of 23 turtles in her garden and anglers are now required to modify their witches hat crab traps to help reduce seaturtle deaths, both in the Conservation section.

Construction workers search for eastern box turtles We only have a few stories today. Construction and maintenance workers searching for eastern box turtles, Terrapne carolina with the help of a sniffer dog to relocate them before they begin work in the area. A list of organisations offering seaturtle observation walks in Florida, USA. A snapping turtle celebrating it’s 28th birthday at San Antonio Zoo. An

Love is in the air A blog post in the Turtle Journal is reporting that male diamond back terrapins are patiently waiting for the arrival of females, see “Blog News“. If you can spare a few units of your local currency checkout the “Research” section. A biologist from ULM is raising funds to monitor the Chocoan River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta). The “Miscellany” section has an

New Exhibit at the National Aquarium With a gentle start to the week we have a super story and accompanying video about Jane Kim who has created a fantastic mural for the National Aquarium in Baltimore (pictured above). Check it out in the “Education” section. A wildlife rehabber who had a drop off of 650 turtles from the Department of Environmental Conservation, see the “Crime

Become a Turtle Tallier Under the “Research” section we have three stories asking for assistants in reporting turtle sightings whilst you’re out and about. This will help scientists understand the turtle species around us and how to best help them. So read the stories and maybe check to see if your local area is conducting something similar you can participate in. In the “Crime &