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Aquatic setups and land pens, diet, and long‑term care planning.
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Turtle hotline launches in Wellington County, responding to 'big need' | CBC News
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (443+ words) If you're driving through Wellington County and find a turtle on the road, a new emergency hotline is available to provide help. Wellington Turtle Conservation Group launched its own hotline in August as a response to high turtle mortality in…...
Hundreds of endangered crayfish released into Northumberland waters
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (220+ words) HUNDREDS of endangered white-clawed crayfish have been released into protected waters in Northumberland as part of a major conservation effort. A total of 348 crayfish, hatched at Northumberland Zoo, were released into unspecified protected waters in the county after more than…...
Researchers Weigh Tortoise Reintroduction to Restore Pinta Ecosystem
18+ hour, 43+ min ago (335+ words) When Lonesome George died in 2012, an entire lineage died with him. George was the last known Pinta giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii), and over the years various attempts were made to breed him in hopes of producing hybrid C. abingdonii offspring who…...
Thirty-two years of nightly patrols on one 350-metre Malaysian beach tagged 4,609 green turtles, and as the annual nest count rose three to fourfold, the four-year share of the beach's three- and four-year breeding gaps climbed from 28 percent to 37 percent between the first half of the record and the second
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (805+ words) It is the first evidence of a long-term stretching in sea turtle breeding intervals, and the authors' most parsimonious reading is that foraging conditions have deteriorated, though they cannot yet say how much of it is crowding and how much…...
???Alien??? tortoises offer second chance to species thought extinct
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (588+ words) More than a century after the Floreana giant tortoise was declared extinct, scientists have uncovered an extraordinary twist in its story: descendants of the vanished species were found living on a remote Galápagos volcano and are now being returned to…...
Every year, this turtle returns to same yellow kayak
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (389+ words) In Demre, a district on Türkiye's Mediterranean coast in Antalya province, volunteer free diver Sercan Demirkaya has spent nearly five years crossing paths with the same green sea turtle. He named her Mahmut. Their meetings, which began as chance encounters…...
Greater turtle protections sought after Hillsborough slayings - InDepthNH.orgInDepthNH.org
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (615+ words) By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org If Charles Puccio had waited a few weeks before he started the rampage on his neighborhood turtles, killing dozens of the creatures, he may never have faced criminal charges. And if Puccio had waited, Oka,…...
Rehabbed sea turtles released at West Dennis Beach Tuesday morning
22+ hour, 55+ min ago (23+ words) Cape Cod Times Rehabbed sea turtles released at West Dennis Beach Tuesday morning...
Indigenous 'turtle women' help save endangered freshwater turtles in the Amazon
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (495+ words) On the banks of the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a group of Indigenous Siekopai women are combining traditional knowledge and modern technology to help a threatened native turtle recover. Their efforts center around charapa turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), also…...
Watch one of the last turtle releases of the season at West Dennis Beach
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (29+ words) Cape Cod Times Sea turtle Young Frankenstein released at Cape Cod beach after long recovery...