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Happy National Hicatee Day!
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...
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Species Spotlights
Species Spotlight: Furrowed Wood Turtle
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 in...
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Species Spotlight: Central American Snapping Turtle
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...
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Kicking Off the 8th Annual Hicatee…
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...
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Species Spotlights
Species Spotlight: Egyptian Tortoise
Meet one of the smallest tortoises in the wild – the Egyptian Tortoise! It is the smallest tortoise in the Mediterranean basin and the smallest...
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Species Spotlights
Species Spotlight: Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle
Meet the unique Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle! This funky turtle is striking to all who see it, thanks to its unique, snake-like neck that extends...
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Restoring Cambodia’s Ecosystems: The Return of…
Restoring Cambodia’s Ecosystems: The Return of the Elongated Tortoise By Christel Griffioen Turtle Survival Alliance has been visiting and providing helpful husbandry recommendations to the...
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Species Spotlight: Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
This turtle is aptly named for the three distinct stripes along its carapace. It also features a brightly patterned head, with yellow, black, and brown...
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Our Return to the Desert: 2024…
Our Return to the Desert: 2024 Annual Symposium On July 25 – 28, 2024, we, the Turtle Survival Alliance and IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle...
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2024 Behler and Pritchard Turtle Conservation…
By Anders G.J. Rhodin, Rick Hudson, Vivian Páez, Peter Paul van Dijk, and Andrew Walde Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs, Behler Turtle Conservation Award Committee This year...
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2024 Student Awards for Best Papers…
At the 22nd Annual Symposium on the Conservation & Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Anders Rhodin and the Chelonian Research Foundation presented the 2024...
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go…with Turtles!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go…with Turtles! By Rachael Harff, Chelonian Keeper II, Turtle Survival Center “Where do you see yourself in five years?” is a...
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