Articles

Turtle Research Course Conducted in Brazil

by R. Vogt  The 25th annual graduate level course on Field Methods for Conducting Research with Freshwater Turtles in the Brazilian Amazon was conducted October 1-12, 2013 with the financial support...
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Turtle Survival Center Snapshot: Community

by Heather Lowe  This is the third of a three-part series in our blog, highlighting the progress that has been made in our first year at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC)....
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Installing Buoys to Protect African Turtles

by Heather Lowe  The Tocc Tocc Community Nature Reserve at Lac de Guiers in northern Senegal serves as an important aquatic habitat for many wild species, including the Adanson’s Mud Terrapin...
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Training Teachers in India

by Heather Lowe  Thirty primary and secondary school teachers from villages along the Chambal River recently participated in a workshop on the turtles and other wildlife of the region. The workshop...
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Turtle News of the Decade!

World’s Most Endangered Turtle Gets Some Good News In 2020 Scientists release genetic results confirming a female turtle captured in October 2020 in Viet Nam is definitively the near extinct...
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Visiting the Batagur program in Bangladesh

by Heather Lowe  A team from the Turtle Survival Alliance recently visited Bhawal National Park in Bangladesh, home to one of the captive assurance colonies of the Sundarbans river terrapin (Batagur...
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