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Turtle news we found interesting this week includes a creek needing protection from hungry turtles, hundreds of cold-stunned turtles recovering nicely, and how drinking beer can help turtles.

Also, turtles saved from suitcases, a leatherback nest hatches, green sea turtle nests are too warm, and more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Studying our box turtle cousins in Asia, and learning more about how they live.

Studying Southeast Asian box turtle populations: A research team will be looking at populations inside and outside Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park in Southeast Sulawesi. They’ll study things like habitat use, movements, and diet. (Indonesia) 💗

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Welcome to 2018!

Hopefully you’ve had a good start to your year.

Sadly it hasn’t been a happy new year for sea turtles around the US. The record-breaking cold temperatures have left a lot of them stunned and needing rescue.

Elsewhere green sea turtle nesting season in Australia is going gangbusters. And new conservation efforts are planned in Vietnam.

Plus more stories.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Box turtles may be hibernating in much of the country, but the people who care for and about them aren’t!

Land needed in Texas for Box Turtle Refuge!: They’re looking for at least 20 acres in central or east Texas. It looks like they don’t necessarily have to buy the land, as long as you’d let them use it. 💗

Florida box turtle checks into CROW animal hospital: The hospital’s 1st patient this year has an injured leg & needed surgery. Vets haven’t said if it will be able to go back into the wild after recovery.

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

Lots of sea turtle nests in the US this year. And lots of positive progress on sea turtle conservation over many years, around the world.

But certain human activities still cause problems everywhere.

Plus some releases, some rescues, and more.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Most wild box turtle are hibernating … except for the ones this guy had captured and was trying to sell. 🙁 But he tried to sell them to the wrong person.

Probation & a fine for shipping box turtles across state lines: Byron Paul Pitre had more than 230 box turtles at his home, along with map turtles, Sulcata tortoises, and others. He had sold 3 of the box turtles (to an undercover agent … oops!) & shipped them to Texas. That shipment violated both federal law and Louisiana law.

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This week’s turtle stories include some good news … extra protections for sea turtles, and Coral is recovering nicely.

Some feel-good stories … a box turtle nest finally hatches, a leopard tortoise out for a stroll, and a contest to name the baby sea turtle. 💗

And some sad news … 400 dead sea turtles, another sea turtle eats too much plastic, and the US seems to be in no hurry to better protect sea turtles from shrimp nets.

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Recent Box Turtle News

Wild box turtles in most of the country have slowed down and may even be hibernating. Depending on the weather where they’re living.

But we did come across this story of box turtle anticipation.

After 4 months of waiting, her baby boxie arrived: No, mama turtle wasn’t waiting. She covered her nest & left, as mama turtles do. But the woman in whose yard mama laid her eggs went into mom mode. She protected the nest & then waited. And waited. On Oct. 17 she was rewarded with an adorable little half-dollar sized Eastern box turtle.  💗 (Maryland)

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

We found a 3-D printed turtle mask. Several turtle releases. A Navy turtle rescue. Plus a smuggler faces 20 years, and moving sea turtle eggs just got safer, among other stories.

Recent Box Turtle News

We didn’t find any new box turtle news. But if you haven’t seen these two we shared before, take a look.

• What happens to box turtles in a forest fire? That was part of the talk Matt Cross gave to biology students at Central Michigan University. And apparently they do much better than he expected when he started his study.
• Surveying Eastern Box Turtles: A project in Massachusetts aims to find and track Eastern box turtles and wood turtles in the Memorial Forest Reservation in Sudbury.

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Turtle news! How many of these stories have you seen?

Did you know someone actually studied how box turtles survive forest fires?

And who knew it could be so hard to catch a slow-moving tortoise? Plus turtle vs. alligator, and a Big Turtle Year.

Also, fishing restrictions protect Olive Ridley turtles nesting in India, an oil spill threatens Mexico’s sea turtles, and an interview with 2 exotic pet vets in Mumbai.

Recent Box Turtle News

Do you ever wonder how wildlife handles natural disasters? One man looked specifically at box turtles & fires.

What happens to box turtles in a forest fire? That was part of the talk Matt Cross gave to biology students at Central Michigan University. And apparently they do much better than he expected when he started his study.

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Turtle news we found interesting recently.

Have you seen these? There’s a turtle escaping from a shark. A snake not escaping from a turtle. Plus hatchings, releases, and lots of conservation efforts.

Recent Box Turtle News

No real box turtle news today, but there’s an educational session on boxies in New York this weekend.

Learn about box turtles: If you’re in or near Bridgehampton, New York, head out to the Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center on Sunday, Oct. 15.

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It’s turtle news time. Have you seen these stories yet?

We didn’t find anything new on the box turtle front. But there’s lots of good sea turtle news … releases and hatchings and rescues. Plus poachers caught, conservation projects underway, and more.

Recent Box Turtle News

We haven’t found anything new about box turtles for today. But we still like these two stories we found last week.

• Surveying Eastern Box Turtles: A project in Massachusetts aims to find and track Eastern box turtles and wood turtles in the Memorial Forest Reservation in Sudbury.
• Encountering wildlife: This rundown of encounters with wildlife in Virginia includes a box turtle stealing a meal and a pair of boxies just doing what comes naturally. Includes photos.

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Turtle news we found interesting recently includes encountering box turtles in the wild, protecting snapping turtle eggs, and a royal turtle release.

Recent Box Turtle News

We found 2 stories that included box turtles recently. One about another study to count and track them. And 2 boxies were included in a recent list of reader submissions about wildlife encounters.

Surveying Eastern Box Turtles: A project in Massachusetts aims to find and track Eastern box turtles and wood turtles in the Memorial Forest Reservation in Sudbury.

Encountering wildlife: This rundown of encounters with wildlife in Virginia includes a box turtle stealing a meal and a pair of boxies just doing what comes naturally. Includes photos.

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Recent turtle stories we’ve found interesting. Have you seen these?

Stories include celebrating turtles, missing turtles, and releasing turtles.

Also stealing from turtle researchers (unsuccessfully!), poaching turtles, and yet another turtle vs plastic story.  😠 Plus more.

Recent Box Turtle News

Running across a turtle in the wild is always a thrill. Sadly, the thrills have gotten fewer and far between.

• A tale of two turtles: Most specifically, a box turtle and a snapping turtle. Each apparently using the same Pennsylvania yard for its own purposes.
• Missing box turtles in Indiana: The author used to see them everywhere. These days they’re a rare sight. Help them if you can!

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