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Sea Turtle Nest Count Increasing, How FL Residents Can Help
Sea Turtle Nest Count Increasing, How FL Residents Can Helpby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 05, 2023

Five species of sea turtle nest along Florida beaches, including leatherbacks, green sea turtles, loggerheads, Kemp's ridley and hawksbill. After the Fl...

White-throated Snapping Turtle was Discovered in Australia
White-throated Snapping Turtle was Discovered in Australiaby Joeby Ragpa - May. 30, 2023

Bundaberg scientists from the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) have discovered critically endangered white-throated snapping turtle in Baffle Creek for t...

Endangered Four-eyed Turtle hatched at Tennessee Aquarium
Endangered Four-eyed Turtle hatched at Tennessee Aquariumby Joeby Ragpa - May. 15, 2023

With prospects for wild four-eyed turtle so dire, the Tennessee Aquarium is celebrating the recent hatching of two four-eyed turtles in its Turtle Nursery....

Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle, Among the Last of Its Kind, Has Died
Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle, Among the Last of Its Kind, Has Diedby Joeby Ragpa - May. 03, 2023

The dead Swinhoe's softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) was found at Dong Mo Lake. There are currently four specimens of its kind in existence, with two...

Mass Nesting Was Filmed by a Lifelike Robot Turtle
Mass Nesting Was Filmed by a Lifelike Robot Turtleby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 20, 2023

The spy cam video already has over 400K views to date on YouTube. The turtle robot followed by thousands of likes. And no wonder, as filming up so close to...

Turtles Chat in Their Own Special Way
Turtles Chat in Their Own Special Wayby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 17, 2023

There is a new study out about how turtles and other amphibious species previously thought to be mute actually vocalize with each other. For example, turtl...

SCDNR Calling for Lowcountry Residents to Report Diamondback Terrapin Turtle Sightings
SCDNR Calling for Lowcountry Residents to Report Diamondback Terrapin Turtle Sightingsby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 17, 2023

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resource (SCDN) is ramping up its efforts to monitor and manage Diamondback Terrapin Turtle. According to SCDNR...

National Aquarium Returns 25 Rehabilitated Sea Turtles to the Ocean
National Aquarium Returns 25 Rehabilitated Sea Turtles to the Oceanby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 11, 2023

The National Aquarium returned 25 juvenile sea turtles to their ocean home at the end of February following successful rehabilitation. The 13 Kemp’s rid...

The North Carolina Aquariums Released a 107 Rehabilitated Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles
The North Carolina Aquariums Released a 107 Rehabilitated Cold-Stunned Sea Turtlesby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 16, 2023

The North Carolina Aquariums were excited to release more than 100 rehabilitated cold-stunned sea turtles during winter stranding events. Included in the 1...

Aquarium of Niagara Gets Grant for New Sea Turtle Exhibit
Aquarium of Niagara Gets Grant for New Sea Turtle Exhibitby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 13, 2023

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency announced an award of $17,000 toward the project through the Cataract Tourism Fund. Other funding was prov...

An Impressive Video of 64,000 Turtles in the Great Barrier Reef
An Impressive Video of 64,000 Turtles in the Great Barrier Reefby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 13, 2023

An impressive video has gone viral on the internet in the last days. In a new pioneering way, researchers were able to measure the population of green sea ...

Newly Mapped Sea Turtle Genomes Reveal Ancient Roadmap of Survival
Newly Mapped Sea Turtle Genomes Reveal Ancient Roadmap of Survivalby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 10, 2023

Using samples from NOAA Fisheries’ tissue library, scientists have sequenced the sea turtle genomes of endangered leatherback and green sea turtles. "Se...

Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlings
Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlingsby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 05, 2023

Six Critically Endangered Madagascar big-headed turtles (Erymnochelys madagascariensis), have hatched at Durrell’s Jersey Zoo for the first time. The ju...

Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo Captures Butterfly Drinking Turtle Tears
Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo Captures Butterfly Drinking Turtle Tearsby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 05, 2023

Once-in-a-lifetime photo captures butterfly drinking turtle tears. The turtle's tears contain salt, specifically sodium, an important mineral that is scant...

The Arrau Turtle Moms That “talk” to Their Eggs Before They Hatch
The Arrau Turtle Moms That “talk” to Their Eggs Before They Hatchby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 15, 2023

Turtles aren’t known for their parental instincts, but the arrau is an exception. The discovery is spurring a race to save the chatty species. Known loc...

The World’s Largest Hatching of Giant South American River Turtles Just Was Documented
The World’s Largest Hatching of Giant South American River Turtles Just Was Documentedby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 15, 2023

New footage shows hundreds of thousands of baby giant South American river turtles hatching. The turtles began hatching in mid-December and continued into ...

Rescued Endangered Loggerhead Turtle Comes Back To Its Habitat After Recovering From Hypothermia
Rescued Endangered Loggerhead Turtle Comes Back To Its Habitat After Recovering From Hypothermiaby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 07, 2023

The juvenile loggerhead turtle named Ruth can come back to the ocean this September, after 7 months being treated for hypothermia. In February, rescuers...

Joining Forces to Combat Illegal Turtle Trafficking
Joining Forces to Combat Illegal Turtle Traffickingby Joeby Ragpa - Dec. 28, 2022

Many American turtle species are in trouble due to poaching as illegal trafficking poses serious conservation concerns for native America's turtles. "It...

Chinese Box Turtle Care And Breeding
Chinese Box Turtle Care And Breedingby Joeby Ragpa - Dec. 11, 2022

Chinese box turtle is known throughout herpetology and herpetoculture circles simply as “flavos,” which is an abbreviated version of their species name Cuo...

Existe-t-il Une Communication Sonore Chez les Reptiles?
Existe-t-il Une Communication Sonore Chez les Reptiles?by Joeby Ragpa - Nov. 29, 2022

Existe-t-il une communication sonore chez les reptiles? Une équipe internationale a mis en évidence des échanges sonores chez 50 espèces de tortues. Rea...

Do Turtles Talk? Dozens of Species Were Assumed to be Mute—Until They Were Recorded Making Sounds
Do Turtles Talk? Dozens of Species Were Assumed to be Mute—Until They Were Recorded Making Soundsby Joeby Ragpa - Nov. 07, 2022

Do turtles talk? What about other lesser-known vertebrates such as tuataras, caecilians and lungfish? The answer is yes, according to a new paper in Nat...

Woodland Park Zoo Releases Western Pond Turtles to Protected Wetlands
Woodland Park Zoo Releases Western Pond Turtles to Protected Wetlandsby Joeby Ragpa - Sep. 05, 2022

At the start of every summer, the western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) are collected as eggs from wild nests and transported to Woodland Park Zoo, wh...

New Research on the Reproductive Ecology of Southern Spotted Turtle Populations
New Research on the Reproductive Ecology of Southern Spotted Turtle Populationsby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 13, 2022

Scientists uncovered interesting facts of reproductive ecology of southern spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) that will help the species conservation. Rea...

Meet the Centerarian Tortoises at the St. Louis Zoo
Meet the Centerarian Tortoises at the St. Louis Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 09, 2022

Two gigantic Aldabra tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) named Othello and Ray are considered to be the oldest animals at the St. Louis Zoo. The reptiles...

A Turtle Nest of Super Rare  Species Was Found at Galveston Island State Park for the First Time in a Decade
A Turtle Nest of Super Rare Species Was Found at Galveston Island State Park for the First Time in a Decadeby Joeby Ragpa - May. 25, 2022

A turtle nest of endangered sea turtle eggs was found on the beachside of Galveston Island State Park last week — the first nest found at the park in over ...