Area of Focus: Testudines

June 18, 2024

Cameras reveal the social lives of urban sea turtles

A threatened California population is surprisingly tolerant of one another

June 4, 2024

Researchers discover rare sea turtle nesting site in Louisiana

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles make a surprise appearance on islands east of New Orleans

April 9, 2024

Leatherbacks follow jellyfish along U.S. coastline

The turtles forage along the continental shelf

February 29, 2024

Wild Cam: Building a community of turtle conservationists in Kerala

Researchers who once knew little about Asian giant softshell turtles are now protecting them in southern India

February 14, 2024

JWM: How to limit collateral damage to turtles when burning

Researchers analyzed the best time to prescribe fires in parts of Illinois to avoid undue reptile deaths

January 31, 2024

Plunging temperatures lead to N.C. sea turtle deaths

Biologists have rescued hundreds of cold-stunned turtles from the coast

January 16, 2024

TWS 2023: Helping return eastern box turtles to the wild

Disease can complicate relocating turtles seized from the wildlife trade

December 6, 2023

Pollution leads to the birth of more female sea turtles

Contaminants seem to exacerbate similar effects caused by climate change

October 26, 2023

Development pushes one Blanding’s turtle population to the brink

The Ottawa turtles will likely reach “quasi-extinction” in the next decade

October 18, 2023

WSB: Metal detectors uncover ingested fishhooks in turtles

Low-cost technology can give quick answers in field work