California Turtle and Tortoise Club

04/04/2026

California Turtle & Tortoise Club Valley Chapter Turtle & Tortoise Show - Saturday, May 16, 2026, 11:00 am ~ 3:00 pm, Woodland Hills Christian Church, 5920 Shoup Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

03/19/2026

03/18/2026

Do you love nature conservation? Tortoises? If yes, we have a special opportunity for you!
Raven monitoring season is just around the corner. Why monitor Ravens in the Mojave Desert? What is the connection to Tortoises? Ravens are overpopulated due to advantages (road kill, trash, power poles for nesting) created by humans. Tortoises’ shells do not harden until they are roughly 5 years old - and ravens know that. Far too many baby tortoises become raven snacks. We monitor ravens every spring to prevent them from having viable nests.
All you have to do is commit to taking a 1-2hr virtual training (how to, using Field Maps, safety) and a minimum of 2 monitoring outings at the DTRNA which requires hiking to known and possible nesting locations (For those that are less mobile - there are routes that can be driven to check for nests.) Interested? Please visit link to register: https://forms.gle/LbkGPrELN4rhPTeg8

Photo credit: Tom Astle

03/04/2026

Porkchop the Green Sea turtle released after rehab. 🐢

Volunteers spotted the injured turtle during a community science monitoring program. The subadult green sea turtle was the first patient in the Aquarium of the Pacific's new rehab facility.

03/02/2026

Once again, a Federal Judge has halted work on the proposed highway through desert tortoise critical habitat at Red Cliffs, Utah. 🐢

The order casts doubt on the "Northern Corridor” project that would cut across the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area.

03/01/2026

Spring has sprung (a little extra this year…) and it is again time for the Spring Work Party! It is always a nice day of nature and camaraderie. Please register, no cost, at link below.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/desert-tortoise-preserve-committee-spring-work-party-tickets-1983823986948?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/28/2026

We can't get enough of this story. 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem

02/23/2026

Giant tortoises genetically related to the original inhabitants are rehomed to Floreana/Charles Island. 🐢🐢🐢

Ecuador released 158 giant tortoises onto a Galápagos island where they had been extinct since the 19th century.

02/11/2026

English Channel a bit too cold for this loggerhead but he's being taken care of...

Crush, an endangered loggerhead turtle,was taken to a sea life centre in Dorset after being discovered in Jersey

01/16/2026

Good news for some endangered Australian turtles. 🐢🐢

After four decades of decline, freshwater turtle numbers are growing following a hugely successful breeding season.Adult turtles were paired up last spring a...

01/03/2026

Not good news for Kemp's Ridley sea turtles...

Dr. Donna Shaver is credited with saving hundreds of thousands of turtles.

12/18/2025

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/21/12/20250594/363993/Long-lives-and-high-invariant-reproductive-costs
A strategy of non-annual nesting is linked to high survival rates for adult sea turtles.

Abstract. While many verte brates breed annually, there are a few that do not. Female sea turtles are a classic example of a generally non-annual nester, w