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Plants & Animals Sep 27, 2024

Marine debris removal benefits Hawaiian monk seals and ecosystems

Endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other marine life have benefitted from 25 years of large-scale marine debris removal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), according to the cover story in the current issue of Science.

Ecology Sep 17, 2024

Sea turtles make big comeback on sandy beaches at 2 British military bases in Cyprus

Protected green and loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year's record count by nearly 25%, environmentalists said Tuesday.

Plants & Animals Sep 12, 2024

Farm fences trouble turtles in search of water. Here's how to help

Freshwater turtles live in farm dams, creeks and wetlands across Australia. They often travel over land when these wetlands or farm dams dry up, or during breeding season.

Ecology Sep 6, 2024

Study reveals new female-determining pathway in turtles

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research group led by Prof. Du Weiguo from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed that the transcription factor ...

Plants & Animals Sep 5, 2024

Aggressive seagrass species discovered in Biscayne Bay

An invasive species of seagrass has been on a steady march across the world, taking over ecosystems well beyond its native waters of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Scientists have long wondered when it would ...

Ecology Sep 4, 2024

Under US pressure, Mexico probes loggerhead sea turtle deaths

Scientists in Mexico are investigating the deaths of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles in recent years, a species considered at risk of extinction in the wild, according to officials.

Plants & Animals Sep 3, 2024

Large sharks may be hunting each other—and scientists know because of a swallowed tracking tag

Who killed the pregnant porbeagle? In a marine science version of the game Cluedo, researchers from the US have now accused a larger shark, with its deciduous triangular teeth, in the open sea southwest of Bermuda. This scientific ...

Ecology Aug 21, 2024

Subadult loggerhead sea turtle returns to Atlantic Ocean in Florida after rehabilitation

A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning.

Plants & Animals Aug 19, 2024

Rainfall may be a better predictor of sea turtle hatchling size than ambient temperature, research suggests

Baby sea turtles respond even more to fluctuating precipitation than to changes in air temperature during their development in the egg. The effects of precipitation differ depending on the species—or even the population.

Plants & Animals Aug 13, 2024

The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unlucky 13 added to Australia's threatened species list

Australia's unique biodiversity is under siege. The national list of species threatened with extinction is growing, with eight animals and five plants added just last month.

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