A crowd has gathered to see off Rose, a loggerhead sea turtle, who labors across the Tunisian sand to rejoin the waters of the Mediterranean.
Ecology
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"Not all those who wander are lost ... " —J.R.R. Tolkien
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Fifty miles out to sea from San Diego, in the middle of April, under a perfectly clear blue sky, NOAA Fisheries scientists Tomo Eguchi and Jeff Seminoff leaned over the side of a rubber inflatable boat and lowered a juvenile ...
Ecology
May 11, 2015
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UCF alumna Simona Ceriani today published a new study that finds sea turtles are what they eat - but where they eat may be even more important.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2017
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When a marine turtle is incidentally by-caught by a longliner, fishermen try to cut the line —without hauling it on board— and release the turtle into the sea. However, a research published in the journal Marine Ecology ...
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Nov 26, 2013
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Is it a boy or is it a girl? For baby sea turtles it's not that cut and dry. Because they don't have an X or Y chromosome, baby sea turtles' sex is defined during development by the incubation environment. The nest's thermal ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2017
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This summer is shaping up to be a banner year for sea turtles, according to data collected by University of Georgia researchers.
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Jul 8, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2009
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A new low-cost sensor designed to resemble a sea turtle egg enables scientists to monitor nests remotely and predict when hatchlings will emerge almost to the day—providing valuable information for conservation efforts ...
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Oct 26, 2022
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Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are opportunistic carnivores that primarily feed on invertebrates and fish. In the wild, they eat a variety of food items depending on their life stage and geographic location. For ...
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