Category: Wild Turtles & Tortoises
Giant Side-Necked Turtle Fossil Discovered
North Carolina State University paleontologists detail large freshwater turtle that lived 60 million years ago. [...]
Six Rescued Sea Turtles To Be Released April 29 Off South Carolina
The rescued turtles include a loggerhead/green sea turtle hybrid. [...]
Desert Tortoises Displaced By Solar Energy Project Released
Tortoises released on land adjacent to land leased by BrightSource Energy for California solar project. [...]
Certain Female Turtles Tend To Have Stronger Shells Than Males
Key difference between female and male turtle shells may aid survival. [...]
Desert Tortoise Habitat Opens In El Mirage, California
Friends of El Mirage to educate off highway vehicle riders who ride at El Mirage [...]
Green Sea Turtles Thrive In Marine Protected Areas
Study shows that Chelonia mydas forages in MPAs more than previously thought. [...]
New Species Of Fossilized Turtle Found In Europe
Polysternon isonae seemingly died out with the dinosaurs. [...]
Softshell Turtles Around The World
Softshell turtles are one of the most widespread varieties of turtle in the world. Within the family Trionchidae, there are more than a dozen recogniz [...]
Leatherback Sea Turtles Get Sanctuary On The U.S. West Coast
Approximately 42,000 square miles of ocean designated to protect Dermochelys coriacea. [...]
Southern River Terrapin Released Back Into Sre Ambel River In Cambodia
Estimates point to less than 10 nesting females of Batagur affinis in Cambodia's river system. [...]
Extinct Floreana Island Galapagos Tortoise Reappears
Chelonoidis elephantopus, extinct on its home island has been breeding with Chelonoidis becki on Isabela Island [...]
Herping Brazil's Refugio Ecologico Caiman
The largest freshwater wetland in the world lies near the center of South America in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, at the border of Bolivia, Paragua [...]
Alligator Snapping Turtle Info
Information on the alligator snapping turtle. [...]
BP And U.S. Coast Guard: Sea Turtle Rescue
BP and the U.S. Coast Guard will have a sea turtle rescuer on each of their oil-burning teams. [...]
Sea Turtles Affected By Oil Disaster
Sea turtles and sea turtle nests have been affected by the oil disaster. [...]
Desert Tortoises Moved For Solar Thermal Plant
Desert tortoises in a stretch of the Mojave Desert in Southern California are being moved to make way for a solar thermal power plant. [...]
New Program To Save Sea Turtles
A new capture-and-release program in the Caribbean aims to save sea turtles. [...]
Leatherback Sea Turtle Populations Show Growth
Some populations of leatherback sea turtles are growing. [...]
Cantor’s Softshell Turtle Conservation Initiative Takes Root In Cambodia
Hope for one of Asia's biggest and rarest freshwater turtles [...]
U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Declines Threatened Listing For Gopher Tortoise
Agency is strapped for resources needed to take action [...]
Central American River Turtle Genes Influenced By Humans
Dermatemys mawii share genes with other turtles in areas nearly impossible for them to get to alone [...]
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Shot With Spear Gun, $13,000 Reward Offered
Sub adult female expected to make a full recovery [...]
Encouraging Signs For San Diego's Southwestern Pond Turtle
Captive Breeding and Release Program Gets Results [...]
Hawksbill Sea Turtles Found Foraging And Living In Mangrove Estuaries
12 adult female Eretmochelys imbricatas were tracked to mangrove forests of Central America [...]
