A trial of underwater sound devices called pingers reduced the number of dolphins caught in fishing nets—but did not deter humpback whales.
Ecology
May 12, 2022
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A small international team of researchers has found that hawksbill turtles take a circuitous route during migration, suggesting they have relatively crude navigational skills. In their paper published in Journal of the Royal ...
Typically when people hear about plastic pollution, they might envision seabirds with bellies full of trash or sea turtles with plastic straws in their noses. However, plastic pollution poses another threat that's invisible ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2022
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A three-dimensional approach to marine conservation could help expand protected ocean areas by up to 30% this decade, according to international researchers.
Environment
Apr 5, 2022
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Anewly described softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period, just before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, is one of the earliest known species of the genus, according ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2022
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Green turtle numbers continue to rise on a group of islands where the species has now been protected for more than 50 years, new research shows. Turtles were hunted at Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles until a ban in 1968.
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2022
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Palaeobiologists from the University of Tübingen have described a previously unknown turtle species that lived in what is now Romania some 70 million years ago. The reptile, measuring 19 cm in length, has no close relatives ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 2, 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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Pig-nosed turtles are found in tropical freshwater ecosystems in northern Australia and New Guinea, only arriving here a few thousand years ago.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 8, 2021
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Adult terrapin turtles have a superpower: Unlike most land-dwelling animals, they prefer the slightly salty water found in marshes up and down the East Coast.
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2021
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