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A Small Victory on Myanmar’s Chindwin…
Kalyar Platt This morning Myo Min Win and Steve Platt visited a sandbank near basecamp along the Upper Chindwin River where two clutches of Burmese...
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The Turtle Survival Alliance’s NAFTRG Enters…
The Turtle Survival Alliance’s North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group has just published their first major manuscript regarding Alligator Snapping Turtles in Texas! The article...
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The Search Begins for Southern River…
By Jordan Gray Last weekend in Sumatra, Joko Guntoro and his team commenced the search for one of the world’s Top 25 most endangered turtles,...
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2020 ‚Äì Year of the Turtle…
By David Hedrick The Turtle Survival Alliance was born from the concept of “Saving Turtles Together”‚Äîbuilding a global community working to prevent the extinction of...
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Royal Turtles Released in Cambodia
By WCS-Cambodia On Jan 10, 2020, our partners WCS Cambodia, the Department of Fisheries Conservation of Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in...
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Your Support Saves Turtles
We exceeded our end of year fundraising goal with your help. YOU raised over $50,000 to secure the $50,000 match from San Diego Zoo Global...
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Rare Turtles Rescued in Bangladesh
By Shahriar Caesar Rahman and Jordan Gray To conserve Bangladesh’s tortoises and freshwater turtles, our partner, the Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) is aligning in situ...
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Burmese Roofed Turtles Return to the…
by Steve Platt (WCS Myanmar)  Kalyar Platt (TSA Myanmar) and I returned to Yangon this week after spending two and a half months undertaking what can...
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Ornate Diamondback Terrapin Study Gets Off…
By Brett Bartek I wasn’t really sure what to expect this past Saturday morning. It was 55¬∞ Fahrenheit, overcast, and windy‚Äîfreezing for Florida! I met...
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Endangered Turtles Hatched at Columbus Zoo…
In 2010, the Columbus Zoo helped fly 85 Yellow-headed Temple Turtles to permanent homes in the U.S. and Europe. The turtles were part of an...
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Saving Turtles and a Culture, One…
By Arpita Dutta and Jordan Gray The Brahmaputra Floodplain of Northeast India represents one of the most important regions for turtle diversity on Earth. Here,...
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190 Radiated Tortoises Rescued!
Busted! 190 Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) have been saved thanks to quick action by TSA-Madagascar Law Enforcement Officer Sylvain Mahazotahy, the Chef Cantonnement of Forestry...
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