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 …
Most of the islands in the Gulf of California are uninhabited, but for generations, a fishing family has lived on El Pardito Island in the southwestern end near La Paz. They used to earn part …
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 student at the University of …
Small satellite tags glued onto green sea turtle hatchlings are revealing where the reptiles go immediately after they leave the beaches of central Florida. The discovery will help researchers better understand how to conserve the …
A female hawksbill sea turtle unwittingly ingested many of the chemicals in her body while feeding off the coast of northern Oahu for several years before 2012. By the time the turtle arrived on a …
Leeches on sea turtles may play a role in the reptiles contracting a disease that causes tumors. Scientists already had documented saltwater leeches showing up on loggerheads (Caretta caretta) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). …
It was one of the largest cold-stunning events ever recorded. Thousands of sea turtles washed up on Texas beaches after a severe cold front hit the region, putting the turtles at risk of drowning. In …
Thousands of sea turtles recently washed up along the Texas coastline after a winter storm caused temperatures to plummet. Unusually cold temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico caused turtles’ heartrates to slow, paralyzing them. Those …
The New England Aquarium has rescued a record number of cold-stunned sea turtles washed ashore on Cape Cod beaches. Aquarium officials say they have taken in over 700 turtles, topping the 2014 record of 692 …
Sea turtles have long held a special place in the traditional stories of Ghanaian fishing communities. In a story that varies depending on the community and who’s telling it, ancestors of the coastal villages became …
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