Posted on: 2017-06-02 09:30:49
Turtle news we found interesting recently.
Recent Box Turtle News
Box Turtle Day is coming! Granted only to North Carolina. But if you live near the North Carolina Arboretum, sign up for reptile demonstrations, turtle crafts and more. The 4th annual Box Turtle Day happens on June 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Even if you’re nowhere near North Carolina, there’s nothing stopping you from celebrating your favorite reptile. Extra treats for everyone’s box turtles!
Recent U. S. Turtle News
Turtle stories that made the news around the U.S. in the past few weeks.
A closer look at the “dinosaur of the turtle world.”: And North America’s biggest freshwater turtle. The alligator snapping turtle!
A bit of good news for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles: Lots of nests this year in Texas!
Lucky loggerhead celebrates World Turtle Day by going back home []: SeaWorld Orlando removed intestinal blockages back in January and nursed it back to health.
How much do you know about Florida’s softshell turtles?: For example, females can lay 225 eggs every year!
Endangered Blanding’s turtles getting help: The DuPage Forest Preserve District (near Chicago) has been raising hatchling Blanding’s turtles and recently released 13 2-year olds.
Recent International Turtle News
Turtle-related stories from around the world recently.
Russian diver spears and kills endangered Green Turtle: Claims he mistook the critically endangered turtle for a big fish. 🙁
Can 3 turtles rebuild a whole population? Scientists sure hope so, as they try to artificially inseminate the last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle.
Exhausted & dehydrated hawksbill turtle recovering nicely: He washed up on Northland’s 90 Mile Beach in early May. (New Zealand)
Bella the Olive Ridley turtle doing well: She got tangled in fishing net and washed ashore in Cape York 18 months ago. (Australia)