“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”
-James Bryant Conant
Turtle Conservancy Productions:
Turtle Conservancy Shorts:
This film takes you on a journey through Thailand where we search for turtles and tortoises in pagoda ponds, museums, wildlife markets, and the field. From Bangkok's notorious Chatuchak market to a “Tortoise Village” in central Thailand, we take you to a number of unique locations for seeing turtles and tortoises. The primary focus of the trip was to study Manouria impressa...
This film takes you on a journey through Uruguay and Argentina where we search for the native turtles and tortoises of the region.We travel along the scenic coastlines of Uruguay to the vast deserts and mountains of Patagonia...
This film takes you on a journey to visit in situ and ex situ conservation projects around the world. The destinations include: the Galapagos Islands, central Mexico, the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, London, the United States...
This film takes you on a journey through Okinawa, Japan where we search for the elusive Okinawa leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica) in the wild. We travel through the scenic countryside of Okinawa Island through subtropical forests and...
This film introduces the precarious future of Madagascar's unique turtles and tortoises and their habitats. It is a summary of the IUCN Red List meeting that took place in Madagascar to reclassify all five of the endemic turtles and tortoises...
The Behler Chelonian Center, established in 2005, is the Turtle Conservancy's southern California facility dedicated to a strategic captive breeding and management program. Since its inception, the Behler Chelonian Center has successfully bred 15 species of turtles and tortoises. The campus...
This film takes you on a journey through Namibia and South Africa where we search for turtles and tortoises in some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world...
