Ten years to save world's most threatened sea turtle population
The Eastern Pacific leatherback turtle will be lost forever if insufficient conservation action is taken over the next ten years, a new study by conservation scientists has warned.
The Eastern Pacific leatherback turtle will be lost forever if insufficient conservation action is taken over the next ten years, a new study by conservation scientists has warned.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2020
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Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs laid in Bocas del Toro nesting beaches in the Panamanian Caribbean may be harmful to consumers. According to a study by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and ...
Ecology
Jan 10, 2020
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The Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) and collaborators are announcing the second data set of the largest number (101) of chromosomal-level genome assemblies of vertebrates towards completing Phase 1 of the VGP, which includes ...
Biotechnology
Aug 28, 2019
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Two dozen tiny leatherback turtles swam around in small tanks, attached by fishing lines to a system that kept them from hitting walls and hurting themselves. As an open-water species, leatherbacks don't recognize barriers, ...
Ecology
Aug 13, 2019
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Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2019
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Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts, new research shows.
Ecology
Jul 1, 2019
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Leatherback sea turtles are likely to be "effectively extinct within 20 years" if two new federal permits for fishing off the coast of California go into effect, environmental groups claim in a new lawsuit.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2019
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Every year thousands of turtles come ashore along the beaches of the south Pacific coast of Nicaragua to lay their eggs. The female turtles return to the beaches on which they were born to lay an average of 100 ping-pong ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2019
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A new model has been created that can forecast the location of Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles along the coast of Central and South America in an effort to decrease bycatch mortality of this critically endangered and ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2019
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The leatherback sea turtle is the largest living turtle and a critically endangered species. Saving leatherback turtles from extinction in the Pacific Ocean will require a lot of international cooperation, however, because ...
Ecology
Sep 3, 2018
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