TORTOISE Magazine

Full-color print magazine that has been published since 2011. It unites photographers, artists, and conservationists to creatively champion turtle preservation and broader environmental concerns. Articles span the globe and cover topics like wildlife trafficking, climate change impacts on species, and interviews with known figures such as the founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard

Letter from the Editors

TORTOISE Magazine

Partners • The Turtle Conservancy is eternally grateful to all of our partners who have helped us protect imperiled turtles and tortoises. These animals need all the support they can get, and the organizations listed here have joined us on the front lines. We could not do this work without them.

Contributors

Turtle Conservancy Around The World • Updates on our projects and partners supporting more than 40 species

FRIENDS OF THE TC

BETWEEN A SHELL AND A HARD PLACE: • Southern Africa’s Tortoises, Wildfires, and a Murder of Crows

THE BLACK MAMBAS

TURTLE STORIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS • The Turtle Conservancy partnered with the Wildlife Trust of India to organize a search for three threatened turtle and tortoise species.

If It Looks Like A Duck, Swims Like A Duck, And Quacks Like A Duck, Then It Probably Is A Duck—Even If Its Name Is Donald

CHIMP CRAZY • A STORY SO BANANAS IT MUST BE TRUE

RAYMOND ROLLINAT: FORGOTTEN ICON OF FRENCH HERPETOLOGY

THE FLOOR IS LAVA: THE ART OF MINERVA CUEVAS • Ecology, which is central to her work, is a daily practice rather than a theme or mission.

TURTLE GIRL • ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN WOMEN IN THE WILD: STORIES OF INDIA’S MOST BRILLIANT WOMEN WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS. EDITED BY ANITA MANI (JUGGERNAUT, 2023)

Beach Giant • ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE TURTLE CRISIS: TURTLES AND TORTOISES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION BY CRAIG STANFORD (TURTLE CONSERVANCY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2024)