Dedicated to the quality care and conservation of turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles

1/18/10 - Ghana Promotes Turtle Tourism (Global Post)

1/15/10 - Warmed-Up Sea Turtles Freed off Florida (Washington Post)

1/11/10 - Look Out! Abandoned Terrapines About (The Independent)

9/9/09 - Work Threatening Indianapolis Wildlife Delayed (Indiana's News Center)

9/9/09 - Turtle whose Front Legs were Amputated gets Around with the Aid of Furniture Sliders (Los Angeles Times)

9/8/09 - Blanding's Turtle get a Rough Ride from Vehicle Traffic (Kingston Whig Standard)

9/7/09 - Turtle Thought to be Extinct Spotted in Myanmar (AP)

9/3/09 - Boy Scout Project helps Western Painted Turtle (KTVZ, Central Oregon)

8/30/09 - Bahamas set to Ban Catch and Sale of Sea Turtles (AP)

8/30/09 - Guilty Plea in Turtle Cruelty (Lancaster Online)

8/28/09 - Feds Consider Protections for Desert Tortoise (AP)

8/15/09 - Yellow-bellied Slider Turtles from the US Could Spell Peril for Irish Wildlife (Irish Times)

8/14/09 - Surveillance in Spring Shows Theft of $600 Turtle (Dallas Morning News)

8/14/09 - Fear the Turtle: Especially if it Can Climb Your Steps (Annapolis Capital)

8/6/09 - Lucky Survivors Rescued by Florida Turtle Hospital (AP)

7/20/09 - Florida's Turtle Hunting Ban Goes Into Effect (CBS4)

7/19/09 - States Rethink Turtle Trapping (USA Today)

7/16/09 - Turtles Not Safe on Maine Roads (Seacoast Online)

7/15/09 - Turtle Crossing: Humans Pose Greatest Threat to Wood Turtles (Kennebec Journal)

6/21/09 - $3.4 Million Turtle "Eco-Passage" Designed to Protect Animals and People (Tallahassee.com)

6/21/09 - Turtle is a Traffic Stopper (Globe Gazette - Iowa)

6/19/09 - How to Move a Snapping Turtle...or not (Beverly Citizen (MA))

6/17/09 - Florida Imposes Strict Freshwater Turtle Harvest Ban (Miami Herald)

6/1/09 - Otters Adorable? Just ask a Turtle (Orlando Sentinel)

5/28/09 - Florida Man Charged after Caught with Turtle Eggs (Miami Herald)

5/17/09 - Florida Bay Proposals Would Restrict Boating (Los Angeles Times)

5/16/09 - Blanding's Turtles in Trouble (The News-Messenger)

5/15/09 - Police Arrest Two Suspects for Turtle Killings (Cullman Times)

5/15/09 - Kindergartners Let Turtles Go (Williamsburg Notebook)

5/9/09 - Man Charged in Palm Beach with Stealing Sea-Turtle Eggs (Miami Herald)

5/6/09 - Turtle Gains in Race to State Status (Philadelphia Inquirer)

4/28/09 - Grants OK'd for St. Lawrence River Watershed Projects (North Country Gazette)

4/26/09 - Officials Crack Down on Turtle Trade (Jakarta Globe)

4/25/09 - Cars Not Turtles' Only Hazard (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

4/24/09 - Inside the Wildlife Clinic: Loss of One Impacts Future Populations (Naples News)

4/23/09 - Land Donation Helps Endangered Turtle (Wicked Local Easton)

4/22/09 - "Speedy" the Gopher Tortoise Abducted in North Port Believed Dead (Associated Content)

4/21/09 - Federal Grant Provides a Boost to Endangered Turtle's Bog (New Jersey News)

4/21/09 - Turtles Returning to Local Beaches (Sarasota Herald Tribune)

4/19/09 - Outdoors Notebook: Preliminary Approval Given for Banning Harvest and Sale of Wild Turtles (Miami Herald)

4/17/09 - State, Federal Officials Join Forces to Save Custer State Park Turtles (Rapid City Journal)

4/17/09 - Non-Native Turtles Removed from Ponds (Arizona Central)

4/16/09 - FWC Closer to Enacting Rule for Country's Strongest Conservation Measures for Freshwater Turtles (TC Palm)

4/15/09 - Oakland Zoo Working on Project to Save the Western Pond Turtle (Oakland Tribune)

4/15/09 - Wildlife Officials Push to Protect Florida's Turtles (WCTV)

4/12/09 - Wild File: Florida Softshell Turtle (Fort Myers News-Press)

4/9/09 - One-Flipper Turtle Gets Ninja Suit to Help it Swim (Brisbane Times)

4/9/09 - Rotonda West Couple Honored for Work to Save Turtles (Charlotte Sun)

4/9/09 - Florida Freshwater Turtle Ban Moving Forward (Charlotte Sun)

4/7/09 - Injured Sea Turtle Swims to Hospital (ZooToo)

3/14/09 - Florida Board Proposes Ban on Sales of Freshwater Turtles (St. Pete Times)

3/14/09 - Turtles Endangered (Cultural Heritage News Agency)

3/13/09 - Displaced Gopher Tortoises Have Environmentalists Fuming (Central Florida News)

3/13/09 - Cars a Major Enemy of Endangered Species (MSNBC Fort Myers)

3/12/09 - Protect Sea Turtles: 3 Groups Intend to Sue Feds (San Jose Mercury News)

3/5/09 - Elkhart Man Sentenced in Endangered Turtles Case (WBST2 South Bend)

3/4/09 - Oregon Zoo Hosting Turtle Forum (OregonLive)

2/28/09 - Lights Out on Palm Beach for Sea Turtles (Palm Beach Post)

2/24/09 - Pasco Declines to Buy Land for Gopher Tortoise Preserve (Tampa Bay Online)

2/24/09 - Tucson Vet Treasures, Heals Desert Tortoises (Tucson Citizen)

2/17/09 - South Carolina to Mull Turtle Harvest Limits (Pet Product News)

2/11/09 - Harvesting Freshwater Turtles is Seen on Sante Fe River, Across State (High Springs Herald)

2/11//09 - Florida Watermen Object to Turtle Catch Restrictions (Voice of America)

2/10/09 - Gaza Kids Enjoy Meeting Turtles at Mina A' Salam (UAE Xpress)

2/9/09 - Scarborough Sea Life Centre Aquarium Takes in 100 Mississippi Map Turtle Babies (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor)

2/9/09 - Volunteers Work to Make Sure Turtles Survive (Jacksonville.com)

2/8/09 - Bill Would Keep Turtles Home (The State, Columbia SC)

2/7/09 - Meet the Dreaded Turtle Bully, Top of Victoria's Pest Hit-List (WAtoday.com.au)

2/5/09 - Rare Turtle Slows Mattapoisett Developers (South Coast Today.com)

2/4/09 - Gulf Council Seeks Emergency Longline Closure to Save Turtles (Environment News Service)

2/4/09 - Volunteers Needed to Adopt Exotic Turtles, Lizards, Snakes, Birds (Palm Beach Post)

2/3/09 - The Asian Turtle Crisis: The World's Turtles are at Risk of Extinction (Battle Creek Enquirer)

1/25/09 - Turtles may be Protected at Expense of Grouper Eaters (tampabay.com)

1/16/09 - Report Documents Decline in Loggerhead Turtle Nests (tampabay.com)

1/15/09 - Local Turtles Disappear as Urbanization Destroys Illinois Wetlands (Chicago Medill Report)

1/15/09 - Barak Turtles, Last Spotted in Your Neighbor's Soup (Calcutta Telegraph)

1/14/09 - NGO Strives to Save Turtles (The Times of India)

1/13/09 - Conservation Groups Demand Immediate Protection for Sea Turtles Jeopardized by Commercial Bottom Longline Fishing off Florida's West Coast (Center for Biological Diversity)

1/13/09 - Female Pest Turtle Like 'Cane Toad' (Australia ABC News)

1/12/09 - PETA Files Complaint Against MU Biology Class for Killing Turtles (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

1/7/09 - Environmentalists Urge Protection for Wood Turtle (Stafford County Sun)

1/7/09 - Landowners Learn of Changes to Endangered Species Act (Bancroft This Week)

1/6/09 - Illegal Exports Endanger Box Turtles in Malaysia (AP)

12/30/08 - No Kidding! Goats are Latest Tool in Restoring Bog Turtle Habitat (Bay Journal)

12/29/08 - Girl Scout Creates Turtle Crossing (The Enterprise)

12/27/08 - Asia Appetite for Turtles Seen as a Threat to Florida Species (L.A. Times)

12/26/08 - Snapping Turtles Decline in Ontario (UPI)

11/23/08 - One Softshell Turtle Business in Florida is Shell-Shocked (St. Petersburg Times)

11/22/08 - Gov. Crist Requests Ban on Turtle Hunting (CBS 4 Tallahassee)

11/20/08 - FWC Hears Impassioned Pleas About Turtle Harvest (MyFWC.com)

11/17/08 - Local Kids Lobby to Save Turtles (WCTV Mobile)

11/16/08 - No Turtles, Chicks or Exotic Pets for Young Children (The Kansas City Star)

11/15/08 - Rare Tortoise Looking for New Home in South Florida (Miami Local 10)

11/14/08 - Injured Turtle Has Flipper Amputated (CBS 4)

11/13/08 - Tiny Turtles: Take 'Em Off Your Christmas List (Los Angeles Times)

11/10/08 - Road Effects on Turtles (Clarkson Integrator)

11/8/08 - A Turtle in its Natural Habitat (Wellfleet, MA)

11/6/08 - Turtles Alter Nesting Dates Due to Temperature Change (physorg.com)

11/3/08 - Foreign Markets are Taking Our Turtles (Tallahassee Democrat)

11/1/08 - Lee, Collier Turtle Nests Have Most Success Since 2000 (Fort Myers News-Press)

11/1/08 - Turtle Producers Fighting in the Courts and Capitol to Sell Hatchlings (American Veterinary Medical Association)

10/19/08 - Florida's Wild Freshwater Turtles are Being Raided to Meet Demand in Foreign Markets (Orlando Sentinel.com)

10/19/08 - Florida Turtle Hospital Worth the Visit (Bowling Green Daily News)

10/15/08 - Two Arrested on Soft-Shell Turtles Harvesting Charges (floridatoday.com)

10/15/08 - 150-year-old Pet Tortoise Missing From Cupertino Home (San Francisco Chronicle)

10/15/08 - Arizona Game and Fish Seeking Homes for Desert Tortoises in Yuma (Yuma Sun)

10/14/08 - Science Will Guide Florida's Protection of Turtles (Letter to the Editor written by Kenneth D, Haddad, Executive director, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (St. Petersburg Times)

10/11/08 - Freshwater Turtle Harvest Rule Goes Into Effect 23 October (www.Wakulla.com)

10/10/08 - New Purchase Protects Bog Turtles (Wilkes Journal Patriot)

10/6/08 - China Gobbling Up Florida Turtles (St Petersburg Times)

10/6/08 - Bid to Save World's Rarest Turtle Fails (UK Telegraph)

10/4/08 - Arkansas Turtle Farm Doing Snappy Business (WREG-TV Memphis)

9/29/08 - Reed BIngham Starts Turtle Tracking Progam (WALB.com - Albany, GA)

9/21/08 - Turtle X-ing (Boston Herald.com)

9/18/08 - State Puts Limit on Freshwater Turtles (Jacksonville.com)

9/7/08 - Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for Wayward Tortoise (FOX News)