Sea turtles maintain their preferences for the sites where they lay their eggs each season, which could influence the sex of the offspring, according to international research conducted in Costa Rica by Universidad Complutense ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2022
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The hawksbill sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, its shell ashen and stomach taut.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2022
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How much do Connecticut residents know about the state's native turtles and the many dangers they face, including illegal trade? That's what a state-sponsored survey seeks to find out.
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2022
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In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2022
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Accidentally trapping sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles and other animals in fishing gear is one of the biggest barriers to making fisheries more sustainable around the world. Marine protected areas—sections ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2022
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Australia has one of the longest coastlines in the world. And it's packed with life of all shapes and sizes—from lively dolphins leaping offshore, to tiny crabs scurrying into their holes.
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2022
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After laying eggs on a deserted Thai beach, a green sea turtle dives back into the turquoise-coloured waters of the Andaman Sea—a welcome sight for biologists who say the absence of tourists spurred the marine animal's ...
Ecology
Dec 23, 2021
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Environmental groups took the first step Monday toward suing the Environmental Protection Agency over water pollution that caused a catastrophic number of manatee deaths this year from starvation.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2021
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The pig-nosed turtle, an endangered freshwater turtle native to the Northern Territory and southern New Guinea, is unique in many respects. Unlike most freshwater turtles, it is almost completely adapted to life in water. ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 11, 2021
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Forty endangered sea turtles that were injured when the water off Massachusetts cooled down so quickly that they couldn't swim away are being nursed back to health at the Mississippi Aquarium, flown there by a volunteer pilot ...
Ecology
Dec 8, 2021
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