Tweet Text & Photos by David Lucas Research being conducted at the SCDNR’s Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve is a true team effort that will help identify best practices for repopulating this imperiled species –hopefully keeping it from reaching “threatened” … Continue reading →
Tweet New York’s marine waters are home to four species of sea turtles: the Kemp’s ridley, Atlantic green, loggerhead, and leatherback. As winter approaches and temperatures decrease, sea turtles can be left stranded in dangerously cold waters resulting in them becoming … Continue reading →
Tweet dley (Lepidochelys kempii) are the smallest species of sea turtles, and they are endangered. Their populations have declined due to strikes from boat propellers, entanglement in fishing gear, pollution, climate change, and habitat loss or destruction. On July 12, beachgoers … Continue reading →
Tweet Loggerhead hatchlings crawl for the surf on Cumberland Island. (Lynsey Skye Neilan/NPS) Loggerhead sea turtles continued their nesting comeback in Georgia this summer, if at a slower pace. The Georgia Sea Turtle Cooperative reported more than 1,730 nests on barrier … Continue reading →
Tweet Piedmont College’s Tyler Brock shows two Suwannee alligator snapping turtles. (Dirk J. Stevenson) Georgia’s Little River is home to some big turtles. Some very big turtles. So is the Withlacoochee, the Alapaha and those other lazy, dark-water south Georgia … Continue reading →
TweetAUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission this week voted to prohibit the commercial collection of four species of freshwater turtles in Texas—the common snapping turtle, red-eared slider, smooth softshell and spiny softshell. Previous state rules passed in 2007 … Continue reading →
Tweet Leatherback turtle swimming NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues captured and tagged leatherback sea turtles off Beaufort, North Carolina May 7-16, continuing a 2017 project to assess abundance, movements, and behavior. It is the first time leatherbacks have been tagged … Continue reading →
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 →
