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by¬†Jordan Gray¬† Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys sp.)Countries of Origin:  United States of AmericaIUCN Status:  VulnerableEstimated surviving population:   UnknownHabitat: Rivers, creeks, spring runs, bayous, oxbows, river swamps, reservoirsBiology and Habits: Alligator Snapping Turtles are a benthic...

by Jordan Gray  A large juvenile Radiated Tortoise sits beside the commemorative stone placed at our Itampolo tortoise facility. On a late June morning, 62 days after the nearly 10,000 Radiated...

Kalyar Platt, TSA’s new Turtle Conservation Coordinator in Myanmar has hit the ground running since starting in her position last month. Charged with overseeing the continued construction of multiple turtle...

by Rick Hudson  Day 4 finally rolled around and it was time to sit back and listen to presentations on some of what are considered model programs for turtle conservation in...

by Heather Lowe  Kalyar Platt, the TSA’s Turtle Conservation Coordinator in Myanmar, recently returned to Yangon from the newly completed Arakan forest turtle (Heosemys depressa) facility in Gwa, Rakhine Region at...

by Rick Hudson  TSA and The Orianne Society are launching a partnership to develop strategies for saving this iconic symbol of Madagascar’s southern spiny forest. We arrive in Madagascar around midnight...