Turtle news we found interesting recently.
An election anyone can get behind, along with both good and bad news on the conservation front.
Help elect the Bog turtle New Jersey’s state reptile!: Supporters from around the world have been signing the petition. Add your name!
Learn a little about the Eastern Mud Turtle: The only mud turtle living in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Recent turtle news you may have missed.
Box Turtle Day is coming! Granted only to North Carolina. But if you live near the North Carolina Arboretum, sign up for reptile demonstrations, turtle crafts and more. The 4th annual Box Turtle Day happens on June 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Even if you’re nowhere near North Carolina, there’s nothing stopping you from celebrating your favorite reptile. Extra treats for everyone’s box turtles!
Celebrating box turtles, releasing pond turtles, and other interesting recent turtle stories.
Have you seen this?
Box Turtle Day is coming! Granted only to North Carolina. But if you live near the North Carolina Arboretum, sign up for reptile demonstrations, turtle crafts and more. The 4th annual Box Turtle Day happens on June 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Even if you’re nowhere near North Carolina, there’s nothing stopping you from celebrating your favorite reptile. Extra treats for everyone’s box turtles
What to do with a found box turtle: While we’d prefer leaving boxies alone to go about their business, this family has the next best plan. Give it an outdoor home for the summer, then let it go.
Recent turtle news we found worthy.
Box Turtle Day is coming! Granted only to North Carolina. But if you live near the North Carolina Arboretum, sign up for reptile demonstrations, turtle crafts and more. The 4th annual Box Turtle Day happens on June 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Even if you’re nowhere near North Carolina, there’s nothing stopping you from celebrating your favorite reptile. Extra treats for everyone’s box turtles!
Harwich (MA) residents asked to report box turtle sightings: The Harwich Conservation Trust wants to know when and where you see one of these fascinating animals.
Turtle news we found interesting recently.
Box Turtle Day is coming! Granted only to North Carolina. But if you live near the North Carolina Arboretum, sign up for reptile demonstrations, turtle crafts and more. The 4th annual Box Turtle Day happens on June 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Even if you’re nowhere near North Carolina, there’s nothing stopping you from celebrating your favorite reptile. Extra treats for everyone’s box turtles!
Turtle stories that made the news around the U.S. in the past few weeks.
A closer look at the “dinosaur of the turtle world.”: And North America’s biggest freshwater turtle. The alligator snapping turtle!
A bit of good news for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles: Lots of nests this year in Texas!
Lucky loggerhead celebrates World Turtle Day by going back home []: SeaWorld Orlando removed intestinal blockages back in January and nursed it back to health.
It’s spring and turtles are out of hibernation.
They’re looking for food, mates, and good places to lay eggs. And often those places will be on the other side of a road.
If they’re lucky, the road isn’t busy and they make it safely across.
If the road is busy (or a driver isn’t paying attention) …
Well, that turtle could get crushed. 🙁
No that’s not the beginning of a joke.
In fact, turtles crossing the road is serious business. They have things to do, places to be.
It’s also dangerous business. These guys are pretty oblivious to the huge hunks of metal bearing down on them. Sadly, sometimes drivers are oblivious to the turtles, too.
You can find turtles crossing the road at any time of year (unless they’re hibernating, of course!).
But they’re especially active in spring. They’ve just come out of hibernation and they’re busy getting on with life.
Have you seen this video?
We just can’t get enough of it.
Turtles and tortoises chasing dogs, trying to eat in peace, giving various animals rides, and more.
Too many people think turtles and tortoises are boring. That’s just not true! They’re not cuddly by any means. But they can definitely be fun!
Love box turtles? Love turtle candies?
Look what I found!
http://www.handmadecharlotte.com/mini-box-turtle-delights/#.V87eWU8K-38.link
I know, I know. You’re trying to limit sweets. I do too. But limit doesn’t mean cut out completely.
And these are just too utterly adorable.
They’re also ridiculously simple to make!
Illinois ornate box turtles have reason to celebrate!
Just a few weeks ago (in June 2016), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reached its goal of reestablishing a population of 100 ornate box turtles in an Illinois prairie. And they’re 4 years ahead of schedule!
The USFWS, along with 3 Illinois zoos, have been hatching and caring for ornate box turtles since 2009. Each year they send a few more to their new home.