Hatchling

Galapagos Airport Officials Thwart Tortoise Smugglers

Galapagos Airport Officials Thwart Tortoise Smugglers

Airport authorities in the Galapagos Islands seized 185 newborn tortoises that were found wrapped in plastic inside a suitcase, and destined for the illegal wildlife trade...

Rare Tortoise Hatches at Conservation Center

Rare Tortoise Hatches at Conservation Center

The Turtle Conservancy is excited to announce its first Impressed Tortoise hatchling since 2009. The Impressed Tortoise is quite difficult to manage in captivity and even more difficult to breed. Tortoises of the genus, Manouria, are the oldest forms of tortoises living today. The Impressed Tortoise is a good example of a species occurring localized across a very large geographical range...

Conservation Center Updates

We have been incredibly busy this past month here at the Turtle Conservancy's Conservation Center. Two interns, Simon Rouot (L) and Noah Rodrigues (R), joined the TC Team, our incubators seemed to have revolving doors with new turtles hatching almost everyday, and major renovations and redesign of our large greenhouse is underway...