US Fish & Wildlife Service Media Event
The Turtle Conservancy works alongside the US Fish and Wildlife Service to help facilitate law enforcement and seizures of illegally traded turtles and tortoises. When live turtles and tortoises are confiscated in and around Los Angeles International Airport, the TC offers free accommodations for these homeless travelers, some of whom originate halfway around the world in places like Southeast Asia.
Operation Jungle Book, a law enforcement initiative led by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service that targeted wildlife smuggling, has resulted in federal criminal charges against 16 defendants who allegedly participated in the illegal importation and/or transportation of numerous animal species – including a tiger, monitor lizards, cobras, Asian “lucky” fish, turtles, exotic songbirds and several coral species…
First Hatching of Second Generation Pan's Box Turtles in the United States
Staff members at the Turtle Conservancy are celebrating the hatching of three Critically Endangered Pan's Box Turtles this week at their conservation center in California. This is the first time this species has hatched from captive born parents in the United States. Pan's Box Turtle is considered functionally extinct in its native China due to over-collection for the medicinal and pet trades...
How 3D Printing Could Save Baby Tortoises
Over 2,500 Baby Diamondback Terrapins Released!
Donate Your Birthday!
If you’re interested in helping us fundraise using your birthday, holiday or business event please go to our fundraising page and click on the button “Raise Money.” Every donation is appreciated and tax deductible...
Northern Map Turtle Project
This summer TSA's North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group started conducting a new research initiative in New Jersey. The study in New Jersey was developed not with the focus of protecting any one particular species, but rather to gather baseline data on all turtle species occurring in the state; allowing researchers to better understand the turtle populations and to help identify potential threats to their long-term survival...
Daniel Craig: The Search for Lost Species
All around the world, across habitats, across taxa and for all kinds of reasons, once-discovered species have fallen off our radar. These lost species are animals or plants that have gone unseen for years or decades and are feared possibly extinct. This collaborative effort between the Turtle Conservancy, Global Wildlife Conservation, and many others has been undertaken to search for the 25 most wanted lost species...
Thank You Nature and Culture International!
Galapagos Giant Tortoise Loose on the Highline!
Terrapin Nesting Project
Green Beetz
Issue 6
The sixth issue of The Tortoise is here! The 10 feature articles span the globe, from Milla Jovovich's backyard to Doug Aitken’s latest art installation under the Pacific Ocean to multimillionaire turtle collectors in China. This issue of The Tortoise Magazine will be sure to captivate conservationists, art enthusiasts, and world travelers alike.
New Tortoise Enclosure
PHOTO CAPTION: Armando Jimenez and Angel Reyes with two young Bolson Tortoises.
The latest guests to check in to our Southern California Conservation Center, three young Bolson Tortoises (Gopherus flavomarginatus), are adjusting to life inside of their expansive, new environment. These tortoises came to the Turtle Conservancy last month from a robust assurance colony at Ted Turner's Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico. The Turtle Conservancy and Turner Endangered Species Fund are collaborating on a trans-national effort to protect this tortoise from extinction, which will include reintroducing the species in key locations of its former range in the United States.
Huge Clutch of Eggs Excavated
In the Field: Mexico
Celebrate World Turtle Day!
Join us in celebrating #WorldTurtleDay! and help bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.
World Turtle Day is celebrated around the globe in a variety of ways, from dressing up as turtles or wearing green summer dresses, to saving turtles caught on highways, to research activities.
