Plastic pollution poses new threat to a turtle paradise
These are turbulent times for turtles.
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Where do baby sea turtles go? New research technique may provide answers
A team of Florida researchers and their collaborators created a first-of-its-kind computer model that tracks where sea turtle hatchlings go after they leave Florida's shores, giving scientists a new tool to figure out where ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2019
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Lights on fishing nets save turtles and dolphins
Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2019
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Conservation efforts for giant South American river turtles have protected 147,000 females
By analyzing records in countries of the Amazon and Orinoco basins—which include Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador—a paper published today in Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation, categorized ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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Heatwave devastates wildlife populations in World Heritage Site
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.
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Apr 29, 2019
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Crawling to extinction: Singapore turtle haven fights for life
Hundreds of turtles and tortoises, including rare and endangered species, face an uncertain future after their Singapore sanctuary—a Guinness World Record holder—was forced to relocate due to government redevelopment ...
Ecology
Apr 29, 2019
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Immense Pacific coral reef survey shows green sea turtle populations increasing
Densities of endangered green turtles are increasing in Pacific coral reefs, according to the first comprehensive in-water survey of turtle populations in the Pacific. The study, by Sarah Becker of the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2019
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Flight of the jellyfish, eel and barnacle along the California coast
Marine biologist Jacqueline Sones was strolling along a beach near this Northern California fishing village one foggy summer morning when she spotted an unfamiliar jellyfish bobbing in the surf.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2019
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How to keep conservation policies from backfiring in a globally connected world
For many years environmentalists have urged the public to "think globally, act locally" – meaning, consider the health of the planet, then take action in your own community.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2019
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Newly discovered turtle species is facing extinction
For decades, it has been assumed that the Chinese Softshell Turtles from East Asia all belonged to one and the same species, Pelodiscus sinensis. Widely distributed all the way from the Russian Far East through the Korean ...
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