Species Spotlight! Eastern Chicken Turtle!
Celebrate #nationalaudubonday with the Chicken Turtle, today’s Species Spotlight! National Audubon Society preserves around the United States provide habitat not only for birds but for numerous turtle species too! One of those is the Chicken Turtle, a native species of the South Carolina Lowcountry that finds refuge on our Turtle Survival Center grounds as well […]
Species Spotlight! Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle!
Celebrate DNA Day with Turtle Survival Alliance! On this day in 1953, the structure of DNA was published. This achievement has not only served human-kind, but now serves critical to conservation actions for many species of animals, including turtles and tortoises. Today’s Species Spotlights feature two species that have been heavily hybridized in captive propagation […]
Species Spotlight! Yellow-margined Box Turtle
Today begins Turtle Survival Alliance’s Turtle Month!For the next month, from today, April 22nd, to May 23rd, we are highlighting the 25 endangered species managed at our Turtle Survival Center, as well as the 8 native species that find refuge on our 51-acre property in South Carolina. Today, meet the Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata), […]
Celebrate turtles and tortoises with us by wearing Turtle Survival Alliance’s 2023 World Turtle Day® apparel.
Celebrate turtles and tortoises with us by wearing Turtle Survival Alliance’s 2023 World Turtle Day® apparel. This year’s commemorative design features the Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle, one of the most endangered turtles on Earth, and a focal species at our Turtle Survival Center in South Carolina. Let’s all stick our necks out to ensure a […]
Cast Your Vote for Pancakes!
Who doesn’t love pancakes? We all do, but, we LOVE Pancake Tortoises! These cute, flat, little rock crevice dwelling flapjacks need your help! Cheyenne Mountain Zoo members can vote to secure funds to help us conduct community awareness training and research to protect Critically Endangered Pancake Tortoises and their habitat in Kenya. Wild turtle species […]
Statement Regarding the Sexual Harassment Allegations Levelled Against Dr. Shailendra Singh
March 19, 2023 – Turtle Survival Alliance’s Chair of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, Heather Barrett, released the following statement regarding the sexual harassment allegations that have been levelled against Dr. Shailendra Singh. “We have been following the recent social media posts and have received direct contact from one individual alleging inappropriate behavior […]
Back to the wild…again!
By Steven Platt & Jordan Gray Last week, Turtle Survival Alliance’s partner WCS Cambodia released four Southern River Terrapins (Batagur affinis) back into the Sre Ambel River of southwestern Cambodia. The four terrapins re-released last week hatched from eggs collected by the WCS/TSA/Fisheries Department turtle team years ago on a sandbank along the Sre Ambel […]
La Carranchina Natural Reserve Welcomes Newest Additions
January 9, 2023 By Igor Valencia and Jordan Gray In November 2022, through the joint Turtle Survival Alliance/Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia project, we translocated the second group of wild Dahl’s Toad-headed Turtles (Mesoclemmys dahli) to the La Carranchina Natural Reserve in Sucre, Colombia. Eight turtles—seven females and one male—now join 16 turtles we translocated there […]
December Nesting Commencement
By Jordan Gray December. It’s the last month in the Gregorian calendar. It’s a month when billions of people of numerous religions across the world observe and celebrate holy days and the festivities surrounding them. And, it’s a month when the Northern and Southern hemispheres recognize polar solstices. The serenity of an evening nest patrol […]
Turtle Survival Center – December Update
By Jordan Gray Winter has officially arrived here at the Turtle Survival Center. Those from more northerly areas of the United States might scoff at the notion of our winter. Some are likely even planning a vacation somewhere in this vicinity in the near future to escape the cold. But our winter is unpredictable and, […]
World Conservation Day 2022: Return of the Burmese Star
In Myanmar, in the late 1990s, the Burmese Star Tortoise was on the brink of extinction. Avidly sought for the wildlife trade, and with relentless removal from the wild, within a decade this tortoise species had almost completely disappeared from its native habitat. By the mid-2000s, it was considered functionally extinct in the wild.
Happy Giving Tuesday!
This Giving Tuesday you can help us meet the challenge from one of our generous donors to raise at least $15,000 to protect the world’s most threatened turtles.
