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Our passion for turtle conservation reaches across generations and borders, inspiring people of all ages to take action. One recent story stands out—meet Alice, age...

From left: Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE) Science and Education Fellows Heston Castillo, Andrew Choco, and Samih Young in Belize. Andrew holds...

The last species we’re spotlighting for Hicatee Awareness Month is the Mesoamerican Slider!  Like the other friends of the Hicatee we’ve featured this month, this turtle faces...

Meet another friend of the Hicatee, the Mexican Giant Musk Turtle! This impressive turtle is found in southern Mexico and the northernmost reaches of Central...

Today, October 17, is National Hicatee Day! Throughout Hicatee Awareness Month, we’ve been featuring threatened Belizean freshwater turtle species that we work with. Today, we’re...

By Jordan Gray, External Relations Manager This fall, we celebrated a major milestone for a remarkable survey effort of Turtle Survival Alliance. In October, the...

Meet the next Belizean turtle we’re spotlighting for Hicatee Awareness Month – the Furrowed Wood Turtle! This turtle is found mostly on land and occasionally...

Throughout Hicatee Awareness Month, we’re featuring four Belizean turtle species that also face threats and ways we help through conservation actions with our partner, the Belize...

Join us this October as we raise awareness of the endangered turtles of Belize, and ways you can help them this Hicatee Awareness Month! Hicatee...

Tails from the Turtle Survival Center: Turtle School and Hatching Season By A.J. Fetterman, Chelonian Keeper II, Turtle Survival Center Summer has come and gone...

Meet one of the smallest tortoises in the wild – the Egyptian Tortoise! It is the smallest tortoise in the Mediterranean basin and the smallest...

The 100th Indochinese Box Turtle (Cuora galbinifrons) hatched at the Turtle Survival Center this week! We first started producing hatchlings of this critically endangered species...