Florida offers the perfect range of environments for turtles. It has everything from swamps and rivers, ponds and estuaries, canals and streams, and of course, it is surrounded by warm, blue, sub-tropical seas that are home to several sea turtle species. The climate is hot and moist – just what many…
Do Turtles Make Good Pets? In a word, yes. Turtles make interesting and enjoyable pets, especially for the person who is very interested in animal behavior and conservation. Having a turtle isn’t like having a dog or a cat. They will not interact with you, a human, all that much. The…
There are seven species of box turtles and several sub-species. Let’s take a look at each of these little guys, and find out what makes them so interesting and unique in the turtle world. Boxing Clever – Unique Turtles With Amazing Capabilities Box turtles are very special creatures. They have the…
Perhaps you have been lucky enough to see one. Maybe, idling your day away on a yacht in the Caribbean, gazing into the gin clear water, you spotted a huge, stately, slow-moving, dark, shape. It was coming up out of the water to take a breath. A sea turtle; one of…