Category: Turtles & Tortoises
NOAA Suspends Planned Use Of Turtle Excluder Devices On Certain Shrimp Trawlers
Administration cites data showing TEDs not preventing smaller turtles from being caught in nets of certain shrimp trawlers. [...]
Tortoise Taped To Balloons And Set Aloft Last Summer Has Been Adopted
Russian tortoise was found taped to balloons and hanging in eucalyptus trees in Oceanside, CA. [...]
Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Named California State Marine Reptile
Dermochelys coriacea joins the desert tortoise as official state reptiles. [...]
Rescued Ploughshare Tortoises To Kickstart Breeding Program In Europe
Seized from smugglers in Hong Kong, 13 ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) will be placed in England and the Netherlands. [...]
How To Build A Basic Outdoor Tortoise Pen
Tortoises should stay in, and predators should stay out. Also, as escape artists, tortoises require both a below-ground barrier and something they ca [...]
Relationship Between A Pair Of Galapagos Tortoises Ends After 115 Years
Bibi, a female, kept attacking Poldi, a male, which resulted in a new enclosure for Poldi. [...]
The Galapagos Versus The Aldabra Tortoise
Bonus content from the May 2012 REPTILES magazine article "Miracle Babies!" [...]
Sulcata Tortoise Health Problems
1. Pyramiding
Pyramiding of the carapace scutes is the most common problem with captive African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys [Geochelo [...]
Sulcata Tortoise Breeding
Bonus content from the May 2009 REPTILES magazine article "Spurred Samsons." [...]
Spotted Turtle Care And Breeding Information
The attractive spotted turtle has serious conservation needs. [...]
