Archive for November 2019
Ornate Diamondback Terrapin Study Gets Off to a Mucky Start
By Brett Bartek I wasn’t really sure what to expect this past Saturday morning. It was 55° Fahrenheit, overcast, and windy—freezing for Florida! I met up with Mike Mills (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation), a willing participant (for now) in this endeavor, at the undisclosed park’s ranger station at 10 AM. Here, we were going to attempt…
Read MoreOf Woods and Water: In Search of the Wood Turtles of Appalachia
By Jordan Gray Clear skies and bright, penetrating sunshine have warmed the frigid morning of only hours ago to a balmy (for this time of year) 50° Fahrenheit. Alongside a clear mountain stream in the Appalachian Mountains, Houston Chandler of The Orianne Society and I slip into our chest waders, preparing to step into the…
Read MoreInvasive Snails & Eastern Musk Turtles in Texas!
Madeleine Morrison, one of the Turtle Survival Alliance’s North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group’s outstanding student volunteers, recently published a paper on the diet of Eastern Musk Turtles at our Comal Springs study site in the journal Herpetology Notes. This is a wonderful paper on invasive species as food sources at a unique study site.…
Read MorePilibhit Tiger Reserve’s Field Director H Rajamohan Proposes Study on Aquatic Biodiversity
The study will cover migratory birds, aquatic animals, especially turtles, and the wetlands. Explaining the need for an integrated research programme on aquatic diversity, India Program Director of Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), a US-based NGO, Shailendra Singh said, “Wetlands are the basic means of survival for not only aquatic creatures, but also migratory birds. These have…
Read MoreCommentary: South Carolina Must Tighten State Laws to Protect Turtles
BY ELISE BENNETT (Center for Biological Diversity) and JORDAN GRAY (Turtle Survival Alliance) Each year, tens of thousands of live turtles are stolen from America’s woodlands and waterways and shipped overseas as pets or for meat. And with lax laws against harvest, South Carolina is a haven for turtle snatchers. State wildlife officials recently saved…
Read MoreArt Auction for the Turtle Survival Alliance’s Tortoise Conservation Center in Madagascar
Radical Radiated, an original art quilt, has been crafted and donated by Joanna Ellis to raise funds for the rebuilding of the Turtle Survival Alliance’s Tortoise Conservation Center (TCC), our central base of operations in southern Madagascar. The TCC is the linchpin in TSA’s effort to restore depleted populations or Radiated Tortoises with animals seized…
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