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Gulf of Mexico

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Small loggerhead females nesting in southeastern U.S.

January 21, 2022

Kristen Hart has been surveying a number of nesting loggerhead sea turtle populations for years. Like most turtle ecologists, she knows that the females don’t typically start nesting unless they are at least 87 centimeters …

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JWM: Endangered beach mice need feline-free darkness

February 8, 2021

Endangered beach mice on the Gulf Coast do best in dark nights, with no cats in sight. “[The mice] had a higher probability of being present in areas where there was an active cat capture …

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New whale species ID’d in Gulf of Mexico

February 2, 2021

A small group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico was already the focus of conservation efforts, but recent research has confirmed the group of about 33 baleen whales make up a previously unknown species. …

Dana Kobilinsky

For some songbirds, migration ends in a shark’s mouth

June 5, 2019

When Marcus Drymon was conducting his usual shark surveys in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he wasn’t surprised to catch a small tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). The surprise was what came along with the …

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