Tweet AZGFD: Releasing unwanted pets harms native wildlife PHOENIX — Each year dozens of unwanted pet turtles are irresponsibly released into the pond at the entrance to the Phoenix Zoo where they greet visitors. Yet over time they will compete … Continue reading →
Tweet In celebration of World Turtle Day, watch AZGFD work to protect native turtles May 18-20 at front lagoon outside Phoenix Zoo You can donate to AZGFD’s native turtle conservation efforts below PHOENIX — Every year, hundreds of unwanted pet turtles are released into … Continue reading →
Tweet Female loggerhead turtle, photo by Loggerhead Marinelife Center. May is the beginning of sea turtle nesting season on many of Florida’s sandy beaches. Beachfront property owners and beach visitors can help nesting turtles and hatchlings by turning off or shielding lights … Continue reading →
Tweet The loggerhead shrike is a songbird slightly smaller than a robin. Its striking appearance includes a broad black mask through the eyes, gray back and breast, a white spot on black wings, and white edges on a black tail. … Continue reading →
Tweet Gopher tortoises more active in spring, just in time for Florida Gopher Tortoise Day Spring days are a good time to spot a gopher tortoise, as Florida’s only native tortoise becomes more active, foraging for food and searching for … Continue reading →
Tweet Effective March 28, 2018, terrapin excluder devices (TEDs) are now required to be installed on commercial and recreational crab pots set in near shore harbors, creeks, coves, rivers, and tributaries in New York’s Marine and Coastal District. An interactive map … Continue reading →
Tweet Sea turtle season for leatherbacks has started in many areas of the state (Broward through Brevard Counties), and nesting season for loggerhead turtles will be starting in May for the rest of the sandy beaches of the state. If … Continue reading →
Tweet Nesting loggerhead sea turtle. Photo by Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Keeping beaches dark at night and free of obstacles will help sea turtles during their nesting season, which begins in Florida on March 1 and lasts through the end of … Continue reading →
Tweet As Florida’s residents and visitors manage the current cold-weather conditions, the state’s unique and treasured fish and wildlife species may need some extra care as well. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is prepared and ready to … Continue reading →
Tweet For pilots Philip Greenspun and Tom Cooper, today’s passengers were a bit unusual: 46 sea turtles packed in towel-covered banana boxes. Greenspun and Cooper volunteered their time and airplane to transport these endangered reptiles to Florida, a six-hour flight … Continue reading →
Tweet Green sea turtles bask along the shores of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Marylou Staman). Can you imagine a 1,200-mile commute? Every year, many green sea turtles (or honu as they are locally known) make the 1,200-mile (1,931-kilometer) … Continue reading →
Tweet Gopher tortoise at Doerun Pitcherplant Bog WMA (Joe Burnam/DNR) By DAN CHAPMAN Typically, animals like the Florida panther lose their Southern habitat, dwindle perilously close to extinction and end up on the endangered species list. Federal, state and non-profit … Continue reading →
TweetHelp hatchlings home by leaving them alone. That’s what beachgoers should remember if they encounter sea turtle hatchlings emerging from nests and clambering toward the water. From now through the end of October, sea turtle hatchlings are breaking out of … Continue reading →
Tweet Leg injury led to amputation, but Tripod and others need homes PHOENIX — A brutal round with a dog resulted in an amputated leg, but Tripod the three-legged desert tortoise is ready for a new home. The surgery was conducted … Continue reading →
Tweet This summer’s Critter of the Quarter is the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), which is the most abundant nesting sea turtle present in Florida. Loggerhead nesting and hatching season runs from May 1 through October 31st in the state … Continue reading →
Tweet Each May and June, Motorists Should be on the Alert for Turtles Crossing the Road Did you know? Our native turtles are on the move in May and June seeking sandy areas or loose soil to lay their eggs. … Continue reading →
TweetMADISON — With the spring breeding season beginning for many Wisconsin turtle species, Department of Natural Resources conservation biologists are once again asking citizens to submit their observations of where turtles and other wildlife are found crossing roads. A spiny … Continue reading →
TweetVisitors can walk the beach with turtle patrol, looking for and marking nests PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (April 27, 2017) – Sea turtle season begins May 1 and runs through October, and Gulf County, Florida is the largest nesting place … Continue reading →
TweetNew commercial and recreational turtle harvest seasons and daily catch limits start March 22. A harvest season and catch limits will help protect Iowa’s harvestable turtle breeding populations and the survival of these sensitive species. The harvest season for spiny … Continue reading →
Tweet March is the beginning of Florida’s sea turtle nesting season, when female sea turtles leave the ocean to dig nests and lay golf ball-size eggs in the sand. People can help sea turtles that nest on Florida’s beaches at … Continue reading →
