Category: Turtles & Tortoises Information & News

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TheTurtleRoom Gets Tax-Exempt Status, Serves As Public Charity

TheTurtleRoom Gets Tax-Exempt Status, Serves As Public Charity

TheTurtleRoom is now a tax-exempt conservation organization that works to ensure the survival of turtle and tortoise species around the world. [...]
Last Known Female Yangtze Giant Soft-Shell Turtle Has Died

Last Known Female Yangtze Giant Soft-Shell Turtle Has Died

Zoo officials have been trying to breed China Girl since 2009. [...]
Commercial Wild Turtle Trapping Ban Sought For Maryland

Commercial Wild Turtle Trapping Ban Sought For Maryland

Common snapping turtles can be caught in unlimited amounts in the state of Maryland. [...]
Florida FWC Seeks Assistance In Turtle Die-Off Mystery

Florida FWC Seeks Assistance In Turtle Die-Off Mystery

The turtles have been dying in and near the St. Johns River since March 2018. [...]
Massachusetts Students Get Involved In Blanding’s Turtle Conservation

Massachusetts Students Get Involved In Blanding’s Turtle Conservation

Students at Weston High School in Massachusetts captive breed and then release Blanding's turtles. [...]
800 Flapshell Turtles Confiscated In India

800 Flapshell Turtles Confiscated In India

The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) is a relatively small species that is hardy, durable and adaptable. [...]
Idaho Science Teacher Found Not Guilty In Snapping Turtle Case

Idaho Science Teacher Found Not Guilty In Snapping Turtle Case

Crosland didn't have a permit to possess the snapping turtle, and it was euthanized. [...]
Idaho Science Teacher To Stand Trial In Snapping Turtle Case

Idaho Science Teacher To Stand Trial In Snapping Turtle Case

The snapping turtle was euthanized as the teacher didn't have a permit to keep it. [...]
ANA TO Fly Green Sea Turtle Themed Airplane

ANA TO Fly Green Sea Turtle Themed Airplane

The All Nippon Airways Hawaiian Honu Airbus A380 is one of three scheduled to fly from Tokyo to Honolulu. [...]
Study Finds Microplastics In All Seven Marine Turtle Species

Study Finds Microplastics In All Seven Marine Turtle Species

Large pieces of plastic degrade in the ocean and become microplastic. It does not go away. [...]
51 Smuggled Indian Star Tortoises Returned To India

51 Smuggled Indian Star Tortoises Returned To India

The Indian star tortoise is widely captive bred. There is no need for these animals to be taken from the wild. [...]
Nearly 200 Sea Turtles Found Frozen Off Cape Cod

Nearly 200 Sea Turtles Found Frozen Off Cape Cod

A “perfect storm” of gale force winds, high tide and cold temperatures caused their demise. [...]
Indian Ocean Tortoise Alliance Formed To Protect Aldabra Tortoise

Indian Ocean Tortoise Alliance Formed To Protect Aldabra Tortoise

The giant Aldabra tortoise was once found on most islands in the Indian Ocean. [...]
Two Map Turtle Species Need Protections

Two Map Turtle Species Need Protections

The Pascagoula and Pearl River map turtles were petitioned by the Center for protection in 2010. [...]
Conservation Efforts Help Giant South American Turtle Population Increase

Conservation Efforts Help Giant South American Turtle Population Increase

The South American Giant River Turtle has benefited from local beach protections on the Amazon River. [...]
Magnetoreception In Turtles And Tortoises

Magnetoreception In Turtles And Tortoises

Even animals with small brain to body ratios, such as chelonians, possess remarkable abilities that are still being understood [...]
490 Indian Star Tortoises Seized In India

490 Indian Star Tortoises Seized In India

Even though Indian star tortoises are widely captive bred for the pet trade, wild caught specimens are still illegally collected. [...]
Thousands Of Radiated Tortoises Seized On Madagascar

Thousands Of Radiated Tortoises Seized On Madagascar

The tortoises are in the care of the Turtle Survival Alliance. [...]
Instagram Fan Of Sulcata Tortoise Offers $500 Reward For Her Return

Instagram Fan Of Sulcata Tortoise Offers $500 Reward For Her Return

Ethel went missing last week after she wandered through an open front gate. [...]

Olympic Gold Medalist David Verburg Rescues Tortoise From Road

Olympic gold medalist David Verburg stops and helps turtles and tortoises off the road whenever he sees them. [...]
The Importance Of Reptile Assurance Colonies

The Importance Of Reptile Assurance Colonies

These are just few examples of the important work of dedicated conservationists who refuse to allow reptiles and amphibians to go extinct. [...]
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