Tag: green turtles

October 24, 2022

Global sea turtle poaching is on the decline

When researchers set out to document sea turtle poaching around the world, they were prepared for the worst. But what they found was a surprising bit of good news. The...

August 3, 2021

The average size of Central Florida’s sea turtles is shrinking. But why?

Green and loggerhead sea turtles that nest in central Florida are smaller overall on average than they were four decades ago. But researchers aren’t sure why. Katrina Phillips, a PhD...

September 24, 2019

Drug overdose therapy cures poisoned sea turtles

Sea turtles suffering from the toxic effects of getting caught in red tide algae may benefit from therapy normally used to treat human drug overdose patients. “It has vast positive...

February 6, 2019

Simple techniques could shift sea turtle sex ratios

A team of researchers has found successful conservation strategies that could mitigate the impacts of climate change on sea turtles. Working on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, the...