Category: Turtles & Tortoises Information & News
Tetra ReptoMin Turtle Food Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns
The company says it hasn’t received any reports from illness from consumer pets. It has voluntarily recalled the product in cooperation with the U.S. [...]
American Bullfrog Removal Leads To Pond Turtle Recovery In Yosemite National Park
Researchers at the University of California, Davis monitored the turtle populations from 2016 to 2022 at two sites in the park that also have bullfrog [...]
3 More Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo
The zoo has been working to successfully breed Abrazzo and Mommy since December 2020, when Abrazzo came to the zoo from the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden [...]
USARK UPDATE: Federal Light Bulb Ban
Reptile, amphibian, and other animal keepers will get some relief from the Department of Energy ban on specialty animal care light bulbs. [...]
Rockalina The Eastern Box Turtle Left On House Floor For 48 Years Getting Care She Needs
Rockalina was taken from the wild in 1977 and lived nearly 50 years on the floor of a house living on cat food, lettuce and fruits. [...]
Newest Dallas Cowboy Tyler Booker Will Bring His Pet Turtle With Him To Texas
Booker, formerly an Alabama offensive lineman, was asked about his pet turtle during a press conference meet and greet April 25. [...]
Pennsylvania Students Push To Make Eastern Box Turtle Official State Reptile
Stambaugh worked on House Bill 401 that designates the Eastern box turtle as the official state reptile of Pennsylvania and the House Game and Fisheri [...]
Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At Philadelphia Zoo
Currently behind the scenes in the zoo’s Reptile and Amphibian House, the four hatchlings will make their public debut April 23. [...]
Disney Star China McClain Apologizes To Hawaiians For Touching Sea Turtle
"I adore these beautiful turtles, and the people of Hawai‘i. We’re very sorry,” she said. [...]
USFWS Records Alligator Crossing Road With Turtle Lunch In its Mouth
The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is located west of Boynton Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. [...]
Thousands of Tortoises Saved From Heavy Floods At Madagascar’s Lavavolo Tortoise Center
The storm caused massive damage to the facility’s infrastructure, and endangered thousands of critically endangered Radiated Tortoises and Spider Tort [...]
Sulcata Tortoise Evacuated During SoCal Fires Goes Home
“We were happy to give this tortoise a safe place to stay,” Pasadena Humane wrote in a video posted to its social media account. “And even happier to [...]
Reptile Super Show 2025 Recap
In between the throngs of ball python, leopard and crested gecko vendors were a variety of otherwise overlooked species that definitely caught my eye. [...]
Elon the Stinkpot Musk Turtle Finds A Home after 1,579 Days
After all, Elon is a stinkpot turtle and when alarmed, lets out a musky stench of a smell, hence the name. [...]
Tiptoe The Social Media Sulcata Tortoise Loses Home In California Fires
Tiptoe's keeper has opened a GoFundMe to help her family. [...]
Echoes of Rain: How mimicking rainfall and thunder caused Asian giant tortoises to lay eggs
Asian giant tortoises (Manouria emys phayrei), also known as the Asian forest tortoise, were once abundant throughout Northeast India but are now rare [...]
Eastern Box Turtle Gets Her Shell Repaired With Horse Placenta
The use of equine placenta speeds up the healing of her shell, enabling her to be released much sooner. [...]
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 [...]
Dead Hawskbill Turtle Washed Up In Florida Entangled In Plastic
While the cause of death has not been revealed, officials with St. Johns County believe that the turtle, which is not known to nest in the state, died [...]
USARK-Burlington, VT Considers Exotic Animal Ban
This ban includes fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, and any animal that is not specifically exempted from the definition of “exotic an [...]
USARK Alert: New Regs For Colorado’s Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act
The Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act (PACFA) Program under the Colorado Department of Agriculture has drafted new regulations and amendments. Change [...]
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 [...]
USARK ALERT: Louisiana Herp Regulation Hearing
The agenda for the next Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Meeting was just posted after noon local time (CST) today. This gives only two wor [...]
Louisville Nature Center Wants Its Stolen Box Turtles Returned
The turtles, named Jack and Chocolate have been at the Kentucky nature center for several years. [...]
