An overwhelming scientific consensus affirms that for thousands of species across the globe, climate change is an immediate and existential threat.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2019
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This summer is shaping up to be a banner year for sea turtles, according to data collected by University of Georgia researchers.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2019
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Each day from May through August, volunteers walk and survey the 26 miles of coastline on North Carolina's Topsail Island looking for the tell-tale tracks of sea turtles coming onto the beach.
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2019
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Large numbers of dugongs, sea snakes and other marine animals disappeared from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Shark Bay, Western Australia, after a heat wave devastated seagrass meadows, according to recently released research.
Ecology
Apr 29, 2019
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Who's your daddy? No, it's not a TV clip from "The Jerry Springer Show" to identify who the "real" father is. Rather, it is a groundbreaking study of sea turtle nests and hatchlings using paternity tests to uncover "who are ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2018
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Birch Aquarium has teamed up with UC San Diego Library's Digital Media Lab to create what is believed to be the first 3-D-printed brace for a sea turtle's shell.
Ecology
Dec 15, 2017
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A University of Central Florida biologist whose groundbreaking work tracking the movements of sea turtle yearlings in the North Atlantic Ocean attracted international attention has completed a similar study in the South Atlantic ...
Ecology
Dec 6, 2017
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James Cook University marine scientists are calling for an extension of go-slow zones in turtle habitats to reduce boat strikes on the threatened creatures.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2017
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Is it a boy or is it a girl? For baby sea turtles it's not that cut and dry. Because they don't have an X or Y chromosome, baby sea turtles' sex is defined during development by the incubation environment. The nest's thermal ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2017
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A long-running research and conservation project is helping save an at-risk species of turtle.
Ecology
Jan 13, 2017
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