Radio-tracking Radiated Tortoises – Travel Blog Vol. 4
TSA’s Turtle Month Turtle Heroes – Week 4
Welcome to Week 4 of TSA’s Turtle Month! Every day, from Earth Day through World Turtle Day®® on May 23rd, TSA is highlighting the people who make possible our collaborative programs across the world for the preservation of threatened turtles and tortoises. Without these Turtle Heroes, we could not achieve our vision of Zero Turtle […]
30 Royal Turtles Hatch in Cambodia!
Koh Kong, Cambodia – Thirty Royal Turtle babies hatched in an artificial sand bank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) last week. This is the second time that Royal Turtles have laid eggs in captivity in Cambodia. “The hatching of these turtles underscores the importance of building breeding colonies of at-risk species in […]
TSA’s Turtle Month Turtle Heroes‚ Week 3
Welcome to Week 3 of TSA’s Turtle Month! Every day, from Earth Day through World Turtle Day® on May 23rd, TSA is highlighting the people who make possible our collaborative programs across the world for the preservation of threatened turtles and tortoises. Without these Turtle Heroes, we could not achieve our vision of Zero Turtle […]
TSA’s Turtle Month Turtle Heroes – Week 2
Welcome to Week 2 of TSA’s Turtle Month! Every day, from Earth Day through World Turtle Day®® on May 23rd, TSA is highlighting the people who make possible our collaborative programs across the world for the preservation of threatened turtles and tortoises. Without these Turtle Heroes, we could not achieve our vision of Zero Turtle […]
TSA’s Turtle Month Turtle Heroes – Week 1
Welcome to TSA’s Turtle Month! Every day, from Earth Day through World Turtle Day®® on May 23rd, TSA is highlighting the people who make possible our collaborative programs across the world for the preservation of threatened turtles and tortoises……
Turtle Month 2022
We invite you to join us for a month-long celebration of the world’s turtles and tortoises, and the people who protect them!
Species Spotlight: Bourret’s Box Turtle
Bourret’s Box Turtle (Cuora bourreti) Countries of Origin: Laos, Vietnam IUCN Status: Critically Endangered Habitat: Mountainous evergreen forests Size: < 20 cm (~8 in.) Fast Facts: – Described to science in 1994 by Fritz Jürgen Obst and Michael Reimann. – Named in honor of René Léon Bourret (1884-1957), a French zoologist and herpetologist. – Males […]
Dermatemys Program Coordinator
Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE), in furthering our conservation goals for the Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii), are excited to announce Dr. Raymon Edward “Ed” Boles as the first Dermatemys Program Coordinator. This newly created position within the BFREE organization aims to advance our collaborative Central […]
Faces of Turtle Conservation: Ed Boles
Who: Dr. Ed Boles What: Dermatemys Program Coordinator Where: Cayo District, Belize 1) Ed, you were recently named as the Dermatemys Program Coordinator. Could you please tell us more about your vision for Central American River Turtle, aka Hicatee, conservation and what you see as the first priority? Ultimately the vision is to promote collaborative […]
2022 Symposium
20th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles
August 7 – August 10, 2022
Painting a Picture of Progress in North Sumatra
By Jordan Gray and Joko Guntoro Each December, following the annual commencement of monsoon season in northern Sumatra, Joko Guntoro leads teams from the Satucita Foundation and Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) as they comb provincial beaches of Aceh and North Sumatra in search of telltale footprints. The tracks are those of female Painted Terrapins […]
