Nest Predation and Nesting Success for a Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Population in Northeastern Minnesota – Maria Berkeland
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The Five Categories of Environmental Enrichment in an Enclosure with Podocnemis expansa at the Amazonian Chelonian Studies Center (CEQUA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, for Captive Breeding – Jeberson da Silva Ferreira
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Sensitivity of Capture-Recapture Using Seining to Detect Changes in Diamondback Terrapin Survival in Response to Management – Danielle Bradke
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TSA Around the World: Madagascar
Get YOUR Turtle Questions Ready! Friday, 19 June 2020 at 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR! In this webinar series, we’re taking you around the world to see how the Turtle Survival Alliance makes a positive impact for tortoises and freshwater turtles across our many range-country programs. This week, we […]
Size + Shape = Morphological Variation in a Population of Phrynops williamsi from Southern Brazil – Raissa Bressan
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TSA Around the World: Colombia
Get YOUR Turtle Questions Ready! Friday, 12 June 2020 at 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR! In this webinar series, we’re taking you around the world to see how the Turtle Survival Alliance makes a positive impact for tortoises and freshwater turtles across our many range-country programs. This week, we […]
Last Turtle Surveys of the Year Completed in Texas
by¬†Heather Lowe-¬† The last sampling trip of the year for the North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) took place at Comal Springs (New Braunfels, Texas) from November 7-9, 2014. Longtime NAFTRG members Eric Munscher, Jessica Munscher, Stephen Ross, Chris Collins, Brian Bower, and Jessy Wayles were aided by new volunteers Nicole Salvatico, Mike Hillman, […]
Another Step Closer to Recovery in Bangladesh
by¬†Heather Lowe-¬† Continuing their on-going pursuit for remnant individuals of the Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) in Bangladesh, the team recently struck gold by locating what is believed to be an adult female that was recently obtained from the wild, getting them one step closer to finding (and protecting) what may be the last known […]
Turtles and Tortoises are in Trouble
World’s Top Turtle and Tortoise Experts Release Largest Comprehensive Study of Extinction Risks and Provide Roadmap for Recovery Ending the Wildlife Trade Will Help Species Immediately For immediate release Fifty-one experts with the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group published the most comprehensive study of the extinction risks […]
Rupali Ghosh Receives Disney Conservation Hero Award
by¬†Heather Lowe– ¬† The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), in partnership with the Vienna Zoo, is thrilled to announce that Rupali Ghosh has been honored with a Disney Conservation Hero Award from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF). The award recognizes local citizens for their tireless efforts to save wildlife, protect habitats and educate communities. Recipients […]
Star Tortoise Reintroduction Progressing Well in Myanmar
by¬†Steve Platt¬† Efforts to reestablish a wild population of Burmese star tortoises (Geochelone platynota) at a wildlife sanctuary in central Myanmar continued apace during November 2014 when we liberated 50 headstarted tortoises from a¬†temporary pen where they had been held for the past 12 months. Captive-bred subadult tortoises from several ¬† assurance colonies in Myanmar […]
Autumn at the Turtle Survival Center
During most of the year the climate in South Carolina is perfect for the chelonian residents at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC), but during the relatively short winter it can get pretty chilly. Some species must be brought indoors during the winter months. For those that can live outdoors year round, their enclosures are piled […]
