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That makes two! We are excited to announce the hatching of a second Ploughshare Tortoise from our assurance group in Madagascar. This precious tortoise entered...

For the first time ever, juvenile headstarted Black Softshell Turtles (Nilssonia nigricans) from Nagshankar Temple’s captive adult population were released into the wild‚ 22 of...

This past weekend, TSA-Madagascar staff assisted in the seizure of 811 juvenile Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) from poachers in southern Madagascar. The TSA Madagasikara team...

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE image:[wcs.jpeg] Kampong Seila (Jan 28, 2021) ‚ The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Department of Fisheries Conservation of the...

In late December, the Northeast Monsoon Winds swept over the South China Sea bringing with them pounding rain to Peninsular Malaysia. By the first week...

Conservationists confirmed that a Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle found in Vietnam is female, reigniting hope for saving the species. From the New York Times – By...

As many of you are aware by now, the State of Texas was besieged by a winter storm that left many areas covered in snow...

by: Heather Lowe The Turtle Survival Alliance has been part of a highly successful collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Myanmar to conserve...

Will she, or won’t she…only time will tell! In Cambodia, an adult female Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) has been testing the sands of a...

by: Dr. R. Vogt At 11pm on 28 March 2014 the turtle community lost one of the foremost living turtle biologists in the world, Dr....

by: Heather Lowe Despite having a smaller crew than normal, the North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) still accomplished a lot during their most...

by: Rick Hudson Throughout Asia, nesting season is just concluding for river terrapins (genus Batagur), where five of the six known species struggle to survive....