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

3/24/11 - Killed by Pollution: Hundreds of Pieces of Plastic Found Insight Stomach of Sea Turtle (UK Daily Mail)

3/24/11 - New Facility to Help Rescue Oiled Wildlife at Marine Science Institute (University of Texas)

3/22/11 - UF Student Hopes to give a Clearer Picture of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Gainesville Sun)

3/22/11 - National Park Volunteers Save Rare Sea Turtles (Big Island Video News)

3/17/11 - U.S. Government Fails to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Legal Deadline (Center for Biological Diversity)

3/17/11 - Sea Turtle gets Orthodontics to Mend Wounded Shell (West Palm Beach WPBF)

3/16/11 - SeaWorld Celebrates Release of 1000th Rescued and Rehabbed Sea Turtle! (ecorazzi)

3/16/11 - Shell of a Tale for Rescued Turtles (Sydney Morning Herald)

3/11/11 - Turtle Hatchlings Released into Rejuvenated Lake Bonney (ABC Riverland)

3/9/11 - Endangered Green Sea Turtles may get new lease on life (Vancouver Sun)

3/4/11 - PHOTO GALLERY: Sea Turtle Returned to Gulf after 18 Months of Rehab (Brandenton.com)

3/3/11 - Turtles Teeter on Brink of Extinction (News Review)

3/2/11 - See the Last of the Planet's Fast Vanishing Turtles at Zoo Atlanta (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor)

3/1/11 - Kemp's Ridley Among four Sea Turtles Killed by Boat Propellers of Pinellas (TampaBay.com)

3/1/11 - Young Sea Turtle Release April 1st (Phuket Insider)

3/1/11 - Declining Turtle Population Prompts Awareness Initiative (West Hartford Patch)

11/14/10 - Endangered Madagascar Turtles Still Caught Despite Ban (Live Science)

11/13/10 - 200,000 Baby Turtles Released into the Sea so far this year (Malaysian National News Agency)

11/12/10 - Micronesian Government Blames 6 Deaths on Turtlemeat Toxin (ABC Radio Australia)

11/12/10 - Turtles bring Chesapeake Bay into Maryland Classrooms (Delmarva Now)

11/10/10 - Record-setting Sea Turtle Nesting Season Ends (St. Augustine Underground)

11/2/10 - Turtle Survival Alliance Airlifts Endangered Turtle 8,000 Miles (Send 2 Press)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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 - 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)

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

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 - Rotonda West Couple Honored for Work to Save Turtles (Charlotte Sun)

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

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)

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)

2/11/09 - 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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

10/14/08 - 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)

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

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