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 […]

TSA 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 ‚Äì at the time ‚Äì 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), […]

National Hicatee Day!

Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE) and the newly established Hicatee Awareness Month Committee invite you to join us in celebrating National Hicatee Day, the focal awareness day of the fourth annual Hicatee Awareness Month! Through October, we invite turtle-lovers everywhere to put on capes and transform into Hicatee Heroes. Together we have […]

TSA President Visits Project Sites in Myanmar

by Rick Hudson TSA President Rick Hudson recently visited Myanmar to evaluate the TSA’s conservation programs there. This is his trip report – enjoy! I arrived in Bangkok on 24 September, overnighted, and flew into Mandalay the next day. I was met by Dr. Kalyar Platt, Director of TSA’s Turtle Conservation Program, and her colleagues […]

Northern River Terrapin Acquired in Myanmar

by¬†Steve Platt¬† Efforts to save the critically endangered Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) in Myanmar recently took a great leap forward when the TSA/Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Turtle Team was granted permission to transfer a large adult turtle living in a pagoda pond to more equitable quarters. The pond, at Botataung Pagoda (shown below) in […]

Construction and Community Outreach at the TSC

by Christine Bowie A siginificant milestone was reached last week at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC). The Center welcomed its 200th turtle for the year bringing the total number of animals at the Center to 508 individuals, representing 34 species! To accommodate the growing collection, the team continues to plan, design and build new enclosures. […]

A 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 […]

Turning the Tide: The Northern River Terrapin and the Race Against Extinction

From Roundglass Sustain: By Radhika Raj, How a conservationist and his team in the Sundarbans brought the Northern River Terrapin, one of the most endangered turtle species in the world, back from the brink… On the night before Holi, as the country prepared for the festival of colours, Shailendra Singh sat on a lonely motorboat […]

Agencies working towards making Haiderpur wetland in west Uttar Pradesh a Ramsar site

By Deepanwita Gita Niyogi, writing in, Down To Earth “An important wetland such as this which falls in the Ganga basin should be protected at all costs so that biodiversity can be conserved,” Shailendra Singh of non-profit Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)-India, said. TSA is conducting a survey of river turtles in Haidepur to assess their […]

A Message from TSA President, Rick Hudson

Save the date. Giving Tuesday is December 1st. Two weeks from today TSA will launch our 2020 campaign for Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving held every year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. If you are in a position to give this year, please help us reach our goal to raise $20,000 in […]

Growth Rates of Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in North Texas -Daniel Lee

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Effects of the Prospective Dam Placed in the Trombetas River Above Turtle Nesting Beaches -Maria Augusta Paes Agostini

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