Archive for September 2020
The Turtle With The Permanent Smile
In Myanmar, we are witnessing historic conservation success for a smiling turtle once feared extinct. Recently dubbed “the turtle with the permanent smile” by numerous acclaimed news outlets, the Burmese Roofed Turtle (Batagur trivittata) is doing everything in its power to endure, with the help of a few committed organizations, and a lot of passionate…
Read MoreA Turtle With a Permanent Smile Was Brought Back from Extinction
“This is one of the best global-level turtle conservation successes we have.” – Rick Hudson, President, Turtle Survival Alliance “We came so close to losing them,” said Steven G. Platt, a herpetologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society. “If we didn’t intervene when we did, this turtle would have just been gone.” READ THE FULL NEW…
Read MoreTSA Madagascar Turns Ten: A History of Achievement
By Rick Hudson I vividly recall our August 2010 Board meeting in Orlando. On that single day the TSA made – at the time – the most impactful and far-reaching decisions in our nine-year history. We agreed to hire three full-time positions: Director of Animal Management (Cris Hagen), Turtle Conservation Coordinator for Myanmar (Kalyar Platt),…
Read MoreEffects of the Prospective Dam Placed in the Trombetas River Above Turtle Nesting Beaches -Maria Augusta Paes Agostini
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Read MoreAge Assessment Through Growth Ring Counts in a Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) Population from Eastern Romania – Sabrina Vlad
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Read MoreDiatoms on Freshwater Turtles: Preliminary Analysis of Water Quality -Zoey Suasnovar (Shelly Wu)
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Read MoreBetween a Marsh and a Lake: Ecology of a Northern Population of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) -Julie Ray
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Read MoreReception of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles at the Buenos Aires City Wildlife Rescue Center in Argentina – Borja Baguette Pereiro
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Read MoreReproductive Behavior of Mesoclemmys raniceps in Captivity – Sabrina Menezes de Oliveira
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Read MoreEcological Aspects of Temperature Controlled Sex Determination in Podocnemis unifilis in Different Soil Types Near Manaus – Antonio Luiz Vieira de Oliveira
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