Category: Turtles & Tortoises Information & News
Dead Leatherback Turtle Found On New England Beach Died From Trio Of Human Hazards
Leatherback sea turtles primarily eat jellyfish and plastic tends to look like jellyfish in the ocean. [...]
Interesting Facts About Reptiles
There are still new and interesting facts to uncover about reptiles. [...]
This Prehistoric Turtle Had A Nose Only A Mother Could Love
Arvinachelys goldeni, or Miss Piggy was discovered in southern Utah. [...]
New Galapagos Tortoise Species Discovered And Described
There are two species of Galapagos tortoise on Santa Cruz Island. [...]
Philippine Authorities Arrest 3 For Possessing Threatened Turtles
The suspects allegedly had Palawan forest turtles, Asian leaf turtles and Southeast Asian box turtles in their possession. [...]
Tortoise Appearance On Walking Dead
The hapless tortoise walks into the path of Enid [...]
Russians Sentenced To 15 Months In Singapore Prison For Smuggling Endangered Pond Turtles
27 of the 206 pond turtles have since died. [...]
Can You Keep A Radiated Tortoise With A Malagasy Tree Boa? No, You Can't
The Memphis Zoo tried to create a mixed species environment. [...]
RIP: Capone, the Resident Alligator Snapping Turtle At the Cincinatti Zoo
Capone was a fan favorite at the zoo because he was so charismatic. [...]
How Do You Collect Sea Turtle Poop? You Build a Giant “Nappy”
Australian researchers built a device out of a sun shirt, some velcro and a custom poop collector to collect poop samples. [...]
Researchers Discover Hawksbill Sea Turtles Are Biofluorescent
Divers were shooting biofluorescent corals when a Hawksbill sea turtle swam into the light and revealed it too was biofluorescent. [...]
Tourists Disrupt Sea Turtle Nestings In Costa Rica
Costa Rican Govt. upset that tourists disrupted sea turtle nesting with selfies and other bad behavior. [...]
The World’s Fastest Tortoise? He Sprints At 0.28 Meters Per Second
Bertie smashed the previous record that stood for nearly 40 years. [...]
The Oldest Sea Turtle Fossil Is 25 Million Years Older Than Previous Fossil
Desmatochelys padillai is 120 million-years-old. [...]
Shell-less Eunotosaurus africanus Is Oldest Known Turtle To Date
Eunotosaurus africanus roamed the earth 260 million years ago during the Permian Period [...]
Do You Want To Name An Injured Sea Turtle?
Do you want to help name a sea turtle that has been recuperating from its injuries at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center? A Kemp’s Ridley sea tu [...]
Tennessee Aquarium Hatches 5 Endangered Beal’s-eyed Turtles
Beal’s-eyed turtles in the wild have declined rapidly in the last 15 years. [...]
40 Desert Tortoises Up For Adoption In Arizona
The Arizona Game and Fish Department announced that it has more than 40 desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) available for adoption, provided you mee [...]
Video: Researchers Remove Plastic Drinking Straw From Sea Turtle’s Nostril
The world's oceans aren't a trash dump. [...]
Researchers Find Two Albino Green Sea Turtle Hatchlings In Mozambique
Albino green sea turtles are not common, though several have surfaced around the world over the years. [...]
Turtle Hospital Of Florida Releases Aaron The Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. has released Aaron, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that was brought to the rescue [...]
More Than 4,000 Critically Endangered Palawan Forest Turtles Rescued In The Philippines
Conservationists in the Philippines rescued 3,831 Palawan forest turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis), 160 Asian leaf turtles (Cyclemys dentata) and 25 [...]
Florida Man Cited For Possessing Two Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Hatchling sea turtles are cute and all but trying to keep them in a fish tank is not cool. That is the story coming out of the Florida Fish and W [...]
