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Turtle News Briefs

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Recent turtle news that caught our eyes.

This week has seen lots of turtles on lots of roads. Many of them were lucky to have patient humans come to their rescue. But wildlife centers are also seeing too many turtles who lost fights with cars.

Sadly Canada’s turtles have one more enemy to deal with. But hopefully Arkansas’ turtles will soon be safe from commercial harvesting.

Plus arrests, rescues, artificial flippers for one lucky little turtle, and more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Box turtles are are the move! But are they in northern Massachusetts? Some evidence suggests yes.

And 2 little boxies got some help moving a bit faster to avoid a nearby fire.

Two box turtles manage to avoid fire, with a little help: A park ranger saw them before the fast-moving brush fire got to them & moved them to a safer spot. Includes pictures. (Maryland)

Are there box turtles in northern Middlesex & Essex Counties in Massachusetts? Evidence suggests yes, but they’ve never been documented. One woman is trying to change that & may have found one population. She’d also like your help finding more.

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Turtle News Briefs

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

Stories include sea turtles nesting, sea turtles rescued, and sea turtles going viral … but sadly not for a happy reason.

Other news includes big fines for catching & shooting an alligator snapper, a turtle napping, and investing in the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef.

Plus much more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Still no new box turtle news this week.

But here’s a whole passel of ornates enjoying a feast!

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

Stories include giving up on a race for a turtle-ly awesome reason. Color-coordinated hand-feeding. And the Turtle Man spends his days sculpting turtles on the beach.

Plus we never get tired of watching hatchlings toddle across the sand.

And much more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Still not too much boxie news to find. But if you’re in Massachusetts near Wellfleet, consider this training session.

Learn to track box turtles: If you’re near the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, sign up to learn box turtle tracking, and then head out to do just that! Presentation is on May 20.

And here’s an interesting picture showing different box turtle shell patterns. So cool!

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Recent turtle news we found interesting.

Springtime means turtles! Sea turtles, & terrapins, & all kinds of turtles. So keep an eye out for turtles of all kinds & sizes.

Of course there’s the usual rescues & releases. But also some little cuties in head-start programs, an exciting find in Vietnam, and more turtle smuggler caught.

Plus much more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

No new box turtle news this week. Enjoy this beauty instead.

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Turtle News Briefs

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Turtles!

Returning turtles, protected turtles, and healing turtles.

Also 3D turtle models, a cigarette turtle with a message, and more protections for turtles.

And enough with the plastic already! And stay off the turtles (Seriously? That has to be said?).

Plus more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

No box turtle news this week.

Instead enjoy this picture from the Turtle Conservancy of a boxie with a rather unique hat. 😀

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Turtle News Briefs

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

It’s time to keep an eye out for out turtle friends again, on beaches and on roadways. They’re on the move!

Plus sea turtles may be more creative than we thought. But some populations keep to themselves.

Also New Jersey considers a state turtle, turtle trafficking is still big business, and much more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

We need to do better about keeping forested areas connected to other forested areas. Many, many animals survive better when they live in forested/undeveloped areas connected to other similar areas.

Box turtles need connected forest areas to survive: Any one box turtle tends to stay in a relatively small home range. But that range needs to overlap with other box turtles’ ranges so they can breed. And a few will be wanderers, which can spread their DNA far & wide. But of course, roads are dangerous to turtles.

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Recent turtle news you may have missed.

Along with the beginning of sea turtle nesting season in the US comes reminders to keep the beaches safe for the turtles. And the story one young man whose Eagle Scout project will hopefully keep the reminders front and center all season long.

We also found rescues and releases. And a lot of people around the world all trying to protect their turtle populations.

There’s also a bit of good news for a few turtle species. And for a certain turtle museum.

Plus, sadly, the continued fight against plastic pollution, abandoned fishing gear, and dangerous traps.

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Recent Box Turtle News

We didn’t find any new box turtle stories this week. So enjoy this short clip of a beautiful boxie from the Box Turtle Sanctuary of Central Virginia. Then go like this awesome little organization’s Facebook page.

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