New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
Puerto Rico has introduced a new law protecting a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting ...
World’s largest turtle could be extinct in 20 years, scientists say
Leatherback sea turtle nesting. / Owen Humphreys/PA Wire via AP Images The world's largest turtle, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle, ...
In Costa Rica, Jaguars feast on endangered sea turtles
TORTUGUERO, Costa Rica -- A sole pair of sea turtle tracks is all that punctuates the serenity of sand along ...
Tainted Turtle Meat Kills at Least Three Kids, Poisons Hundreds in West Sumatra
At least three people have died and hundreds more were sickened after consuming toxic turtle meat in Mentawai Island, West ...
Drift gillnets kept out of leatherback area . . . for now
At the meeting a few days ago in Tacoma, Washington, the Council considered a full array of proposals to expand ...
Species „Extinction Crisis“ to be focus of CITES meeting in Bangkok
New plans to protect elephants, rhinos and other species will be discussed at a critical meeting that begins in Bangkok ...
New volunteer positions and job vacancies for 2013!!!!
Our Cape Verde project team is busily getting ready for the nesting season 2013 and we are hoping that also ...
Illegal turtle trade in Bali increasing again
From the Jakarta Post, January 25, 2013 The illegal green turtle trade in Bali has returned to an old style, ...
Environmentalists from Sal fight against the plans for a new breakwater
Check out this article from A Semana (27.12.12): Petition calls for scrapping of plans for breakwater in Santa Maria 27 ...
Thank you VP Bank Vaduz
The apprentices of a local bank in Liechtenstein (VP Bank Vaduz), all turtle lovers of course, baked turtle cookies and ...