Category: Turtles & Tortoises Information & News
Two Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At The UK’s Crocodiles Of The World
Galapagos tortoises are the largest tortoise species in the world and can live more than 120 years. [...]
U. of Georgia Research Team Wins Tortoise Conservation Award
The team made huge contributions to the head-starting of the desert tortoise. [...]
No Fernandina Giant Tortoises Found After Extensive Search
While the initial hope to find another Fernandina giant tortoise, a second expedition is slated for later in 2022 that will use a helicopter. [...]
Kentucky Man Sentenced To 15 Months For Violating Lacey Act
Christopher Cool had 246 Eastern box turtles in his possession with the intent to sell and ship the turtles outside Kentucky. [...]
ESA Protections For Sonoran Desert Tortoise Not Needed, USFWS Says
The service says that the reptile still occupies most of its historical range with adult population estimates in the hundreds of thousands. [...]
California Bill Aims To Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions
The Safe Roads and Wildlife Protection Act would require The California Department of Transportation to identify barriers that inhibit wildlife moveme [...]
America COMPETES Act of 2022
This bill gives supreme unilateral authority to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine what species can be imported into the U.S. [...]
Florida FWC Executive Order Helps Relocate Gopher Tortoises
The gopher tortoise is a federally endangered species that is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). [...]
Funzo The Pig-Nosed Turtle Gets Cyber Bullied On His Birthday
This has got to be the first time a reptile has been cyberbullied online. [...]
10 Captive-Bred Asian Giant Tortoises Released Into The Wild
Manouria emys phayrei is the largest tortoise in Asia. [...]
Former Texas Mayor’s Yellow-Footed Tortoise Returns Home After 38 Days Missing
Diego, a yellow-footed tortoise that was rescued by Daniel Guerrero,the former mayor of San Marcos’ TX two years ago, somehow went missing October 26. [...]
Florida Rule Prohibits Diamondback Terrapin Collection, Safer Blue Crab Traps
The rule also requires recreational blue crabbers to install turtle excluder devices in their traps. [...]
Herpetologist Rick Hudson Receives Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Commitment To Conservation Award
The biennial award includes a $50,000 grant to support Hudson's conservation work. [...]
Gisele Bündchen Saves Sea Turtle Entangled In Ghost Fishing Net
Supermodel and environmental advocate Gisele Bündchen posted a video onto her Instagram account of a sea turtle entangled in a ghost fishing net on a [...]
Endangered Species Act Protections Proposed For Alligator Snapping Turtle
Overharvesting for the meat trade has led to severe population declines of the alligator snapping turtle. [...]
Blanding’s Turtle Recovery Efforts In Illinois Bolstered By $260,000 State Grant
Northern Illinois University received a $260,000 grant to help with Blanding's turtle conservation efforts. [...]
27 Captive Bred Aldabra Tortoises Released On Seychelles’ Desroches Island
The Island Conservation Society on the Seychelles Islands announced it has released 27 Aldabra giant tortoises (Geochelone gigantea) on the wild side [...]
Marines Work To Protect Sea Turtle Nests On Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Scientists with Marine Corps Base Hawaii and U.S. Marines are working together to ensure this year's green sea turtle nesting season goes off without [...]
Florida’s Sunken Gardens Alligator Snapping Turtle, Mac, Passes Away
Mac, the popular alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) that has greeted visitors for more than 50 years at the Sunken Gardens in St. Pete [...]
15 Galapagos Tortoises Slaughtered On Isabela Island
The Galapagos Conservancy has reported that 15 giant Galapagos tortoises were slaughtered in the wild on Isabela Island earlier this month. According [...]
Two-headed Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling Doing Well At MA’s Cape Wildlife Center
A two-headed diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) that hatched in a head start nesting site in Barnstable, MA is doing well at the Cape Wildlife [...]
Want To Keep And Care For A Tortoise? Read These Tips
I was about 7 years old when I saw my first tortoise. The Central Park Zoo had a nice reptile collection, but for me, there was just that one, enormou [...]
Chinese National Gets 38 Month In Prison For Financing Turtle Smuggling Ring
Kang Juntao, 25 and a resident of Hangzhou City, China pleaded guilty to financing a smuggling ring that smuggled about 1,500 protected turtles out of [...]
Lizard King Michael Van Nostrand Charged With Illegally Trafficking Wildlife
Michael Van Nostrand, the man known as the “Lizard King” and who was sentenced to eight months in prison back in 1998 for smuggling protected wildlife [...]
