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TURTLES & CLIMATE CHANGE
Spring has sprung, all the flowers are in bloom, and shells are a clackin'!
This winter has been cold and rainy at the Turtle Conservancy’s Conservation Center, and the turtles have had enough of it! They have had plenty of time to think about climate change and its implications for their future.
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Taking Care of Confiscations

Mt. Olive High School

The students of Mt. Olive High School are currently helping rehabilitate several turtles for the Turtle Conservancy. These turtles, all confiscated by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, were illegally collected for the wildlife trade...

Program Update

Terrapins in New York!

As of March 28th, the Turtle Conservancy helped open educational exhibits on this spectacular native species at The River Project Wetlab in Manhattan and Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg. Hatchlings are on display with the River Project on Pier 40 in NYC and two adult females will be housed with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation at Norrie Point...

Species Highlight

Coahuilan Box Turtle

The Coahuilan box turtle is a small aquatic species of Box turtle which lives in Mexico, specifically in the Cuatro Ciénegas basin of central Coahuila. This species is the most aquatic turtle of the genus Terrapene.

This turtle inhabits permanent and seasonal ponds and wetlands and depends a lot on this sensitive habitat, and appreciates being buried in the mud of the ponds where they live...

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