Category: Turtles & Tortoises
More Than 900 Trafficked Tortoises Returned To Madagascar
Six suspects were arrested and have been charged with endangered animal trafficking. They could face up to 15 years in prison and fined 1.5 million ba [...]
ALERT: Diamondback Terrapin ESA Listing
The species has a large range from Cape Cod in Massachusetts through the Florida Keys and west along the Gulf Coast to the Corpus Christi area in Texa [...]
Researchers Can Detect Nuclear Events In Scutes Of Turtles and Tortoises
In all of the scute samples except that from the control animal, the Sonoran desert tortoise, uranium (235U and 236U) were detected. [...]
Keeping And Breeding The African Dwarf Mud Turtle
The African dwarf mud turtle, Pelusios nanus, has been sporadically imported into the United States for the past eight years, making it one of the new [...]
Aldabra Tortoise Genome Sequence Completed And Released
Hermania, an Aldabra giant tortoise who lives in the Zurich Zoo, served as the animal in which the researchers built the reference genome. [...]
Eastern Box Turtle May Be Listed As Threatened By Michigan DNR
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking at potentially changing the state’s endangered and threatened species list and is seeking inpu [...]
Burmese Star Tortoise Population In Yangon Up By 2,072
Thanks to captive breeding, the population of the critically endangered species in the country’s Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary has increased to 2,072 [...]
Florida FWC Seeks Input On Gopher Tortoise Permitting Guidelines
The gopher tortoise is a federally endangered species that is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. [...]
1st in 75 Years, Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles Hatch On Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands
Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been seen on Lousiana’s Chandeleur Islands, marking the first time in 75 years the reptile has been observed [...]
Chinese Box Turtle Care And Breeding
Cuora flavomarginata is also known as the snake-eating turtle. [...]
Leucistic Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatchling Found In Cape Hatteras
The turtle has some pigmentation and its eyes are brown, rather than the red that is seen in albino animals. [...]
200 Arizona Desert Tortoises Need Homes
Most of the Sonoran desert tortoises were seized by folks who were illegally breeding them. [...]
Conservancy of Southwest Florida Celebrates 40 Years Of Sea Turtle Research
The conservancy has documented around 8,200 nests in 40 years and has assisted more than 380,000 sea turtle hatchlings to get to their ocean homes. [...]
3-Legged Ploughshare Tortoise Rescued From Smugglers Makes Home At UK’s Chester Zoo
Hope was discovered in a suitcase in Hong Kong with 56 other endangered tortoises in 2019. [...]
66-Million-Year-Old Smooth-Shelled Turtle Fossil Discovered In Canada
Leiochelys tokaryki, is a nearly complete skeleton that existed during the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) period. [...]
Saving Sea Turtles At Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Sea turtles are seen as strong, brave, guardians of the Earth, but their tough shells and patient ways are fragile in the reality of the world. [...]
Fernandina Giant Tortoise Confirmed to Be New Species
Fern has now been confirmed, nearly four years later, as the only known living species of Chelonoidis phantastica [...]
Zoo Atlanta Hatches Critically Endangered Bog Turtle
The bog turtle is listed as a critically endangered species by the IUCN. [...]
Albino Galapagos Tortoise Hatches At Switzerland’s Tropiquarium of Servion
The albino hatchling was joined by a normal sibling, which is black in coloration [...]
Captive Wildlife Permit Rules Changed In Florida
"Leaving Floridians’ livelihoods, businesses, hobbies and pets open to wide interpretation. . . is scary to all permit holders, especially those of us [...]
Lizard King Michael Van Nostrand Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison, Fined $100,000
Van Nostrand, 55, was also ordered to immediately pay a fine of $100,000. That money will be paid directly to the Lacey Act Reward Fund. [...]
Giant Malaysian Turtle Surrendered To Wisconsin Animal Rescue
“Our ultimate goal is to get him placed in a breeding program with an accredited facility so we can keep his species from going extinct." [...]
Six Western Swamp Tortoises Hatched At Australia’s Adelaide Zoo
Threats to the Western swamp tortoise include land clearing for agriculture, pesticide and fertilizer use, housing development and fire. [...]
Seychelles Island Starts Aldabra Tortoise Census
Conservationists on Fregate want to know the population numbers so they launched a four months long census April 6 . [...]
