2025
Turtle Month
Join us in a month-long celebration starting on Earth Day, April 22, and culminating on World Turtle Day®, May 23.
This festive period is packed with engaging information, events, and activities aimed at raising awareness and support for Turtle Survival Alliance’s turtle conservation efforts worldwide.
2025
Turtle Month
Join us in a month-long celebration starting on Earth Day, April 22, and culminating on World Turtle Day®, May 23.
This festive period is packed with engaging information, events, and activities aimed at raising awareness and support for Turtle Survival Alliance’s turtle conservation efforts worldwide.
World Turtle Day® T-shirt
Celebrate in Style
Show your love for turtles with Turtle Survival Alliance’s Annual World Turtle Day® T-Shirt! The limited-edition shirt is perfect for turtle conservationists everywhere. Proceeds benefit turtle conservation actions.
This year’s design features the Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius), a beautiful species in need of our support due to habitat loss, over-collection for food, and the pet trade. Wear yours proudly throughout the month and help us spread the message of turtle conservation around the globe. We recommend ordering by May 3 to receive yours in time for World Turtle Day®. Choose from two unique designs on our Bonfire shop.
Get Involved
Your support is crucial to our mission. You can help by attending events near you, donating to support turtle conservation projects in over 18 countries around the world, and engaging in our educational opportunities.
- April 20: Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® at The Whale,
Charleston, SC - April 26: Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® at First Magnitude Brewing,
Gainesville, FL - April 26: Seabrook Island 5K Fun Run & Festival,
Seabrook Island, SC - May 23, World Turtle Day®: Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® at Bold City Brewery, Jacksonville, FL
- May 23, World Turtle Day®: Drink Beer. Save Turtles. at Alpha Brewing Company in St Louis, MO
- May 23, World Turtle Day®: Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® at Perspective Brewing Co. in West Allis, WI
- May 24: Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® at Flyway Brewing,
Little Rock, AR
Education and Knowledge
Can’t attend our events in person? Participate in our tailored virtual programs, designed to reach audiences of all sizes anywhere in the world.
Webinar dates:
- Terrapin Guardians of Malaysia
- On Thursday, May 8, 10 AM EDT, join Pelf-Nyok Chen of the Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia as she shares more about our collaborative efforts to restore the Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) population in Peninsular Malaysia through community-driven conservation and empowerment.
- Once Upon a Turtle in Mexico
- On Wednesday, May 21, 11 AM EDT, join Eduardo Reyes Grajales of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in a discussion on data-deficient species in southern Mexico and how we foster community engagement through our conservation efforts.
In 2020, COVID-19 changed the world as we knew it. But like the turtles we strive to protect, Turtle Survival Alliance adapted—evolving with the shifts in our social dynamics. That spring and early summer, we reached thousands of viewers through a dozen engaging webinars and significantly expanded our presence on social media, connecting with new audiences around the world—all while our vital fieldwork pressed forward, advancing turtle conservation where it matters most.
At the same time, this digital awakening coincided with another seasonal surge: for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this time of year also marks heightened activity for turtles.
In 2021, building on that momentum and evolution, Turtle Survival Alliance proudly launched Turtle Month—a time to spotlight this critical period for turtles and engage our global community in their conservation.
Each year since, Turtle Survival Alliance’s Turtle Month begins with Earth Day on April 22 and culminates with World Turtle Day® on May 23. We invite you to join us in this annual month-long celebration of turtles and tortoises and the dedicated people working to protect them.
World Turtle Day® was begun by American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit organization established in 1990 for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle. The day was created as a yearly observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.
