Conservationists' dilemma as threatened jaguar develops taste for endangered turtle
(Phys.org) -- How do you protect two species facing extinction when one begins to prey heavily on the other?
Ecology
May 8, 2012
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Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability
In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2012
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Marine Protected Areas are keeping turtles safe
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are providing sea turtles with an ideal habitat for foraging and may be keeping them safe from the threats of fishing. A study by an international team of scientists led by the University of ...
Ecology
Mar 18, 2012
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Sea turtles surf an ocean highway to safer habitat, Stanford research suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first few days of life for a leatherback turtle are no easy walk on the beach.
Ecology
Mar 2, 2012
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12% of marine species in tropical Eastern Pacific threatened
Twelve percent of marine species surveyed in the Gulf of California, the coasts of Panama and Costa Rica and the five offshore oceanic islands and archipelagos in the tropical eastern Pacific are threatened with extinction, ...
Ecology
Feb 24, 2012
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Turtles' mating habits protect against effects of climate change
The mating habits of marine turtle may help to protect them against the effects of climate change, according to new research led by the University of Exeter. Published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2012
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Baby turtles don't just go with the flow
At just a few centimeters long, hatchling loggerhead turtles may seem powerless to resist being swept around the Atlantic Ocean by powerful currents.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2011
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Flood-ravaged turtles released in Moreton Bay
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Queensland biological researcher has led the Moreton Bay release of four turtles that suffered starvation and illness from the January floods.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2011
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Talbot Bay coral discovery defies conventional belief
Kimberley coral reefs are thriving in turbid inter-tidal conditions and defying conventional scientific understandings that corals need clear oceanic waters to survive.
Environment
Nov 9, 2011
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Survey identifies sea turtle 'hitchhikers'
A recent survey documented the crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other marine organisms that make a home on the bodies Olive Ridley and green sea turtles living in the Pacific.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2011
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