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Plants & Animals Aug 15, 2023

Satellites and DNA reveal new insights into the western Pacific's rapidly declining hawksbill turtle population

For the first time, a new study reveals that many hawksbill turtles satellite-tagged in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Conflict Islands swam more than 1,000 km to reach the Great Barrier Reef to forage, a journey taking more than ...

Environment Aug 14, 2023

After Maui fires, human health risks linger in the air, water and even surviving buildings

People returning to what remains of the beachside town of Lahaina, Hawaii, and other Maui communities after one of the nation's deadliest wildfire disasters face more dangers, beyond the 2,700 buildings destroyed or damaged ...

Evolution Aug 8, 2023

How turtles developed over the past 200 million years: Diversity of body size in turtles studied

International researchers, including Dr. Gabriel Ferreira of the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tùˆbingen, have compiled the most comprehensive data set to date on body sizes ...

Environment Aug 4, 2023

Discarded plastic blights Honduran mangrove island

A heron chick flutters clumsily after hatching in a nest on a mangrove island littered with plastic waste in the Gulf of Fonseca, along the Pacific Coast of Central America.

Ecology Aug 4, 2023

Research reveals the ecological threats of small-scale fisheries in Thailand

Marine conservation experts have revealed the extent of marine megafauna catch by small-scale fisheries, in Thailand for the first time.

Paleontology & Fossils Jul 26, 2023

Perfectly preserved turtle fossil gives clues to habitat 150 million years ago

A perfectly preserved turtle fossil from Lower Bavaria yields important clues about both the species and the habitat that existed in southern Germany 150 million years ago. The fossil is the best-preserved specimen of Solnhofia ...

Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2023

New research suggests ways to improve underpass design for freshwater turtles

Freshwater turtles are among the most threatened groups of vertebrates globally and in the modern world of highly urbanized wetlands, they fight a constant battle for survival once they leave the safety of their aquatic home ...

Ecology Jul 22, 2023

Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast

Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said.

Ecology Jul 17, 2023

Green sea turtles have traveled to the same place to eat for 3,000 years, discovers ecologist

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat.

Ecology Jul 15, 2023

Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys to join Tour de Turtles

A juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released Friday to join an online race that follows long-distance migrations of sea ...

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