Watch: An off-the-wall approach to wildlife art
Artist Reinier Gamboa’s latest work isn’t just another Miami street mural. Called “Anthropocene Extinction,” it shows some of South Florida’s iconic ...
sea turtles
Georgia sea turtles on pace for record year
Early nesting data suggests loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) on the Georgia coast could have a record year. Researchers have counted 1,779 sea turtle nests ...
Satellite images can track remote sea turtle nests
When tracking the nesting habits of turtles that circumnavigate the globe, it’s sometimes necessary to take the long view. Researchers are tapping into satellite ...
Watch: Female serpents sacrifice it all for sea turtle eggs
Taiwanese snakes will risk a lot for fresh turtle eggs. Female Formosa kukri snakes (Oligodon formosanus) feed almost entirely on reptile eggs, but they have a ...
Why are so many sea turtles being stranded in Cape Cod?
It’s not unusual for sea turtles to turn up cold-stunned and stranded on Cape Cod beaches. As they migrate south from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico at ...
Can ‘big data’ help protect threatened turtles?
New tools using ocean data, including weather and ocean chemistry, are helping determine where fisherman can avoid bycatch of protected sea turtles and other ...
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 ...
All sea turtle species show evidence of microplastic in gut
Scientists knew that sea turtles often swallow large pieces of plastic floating in the ocean, creating swallowing hazards. Now, a team of researchers has found ...
A viral lesson in science communication
When Texas A&M University marine biologist Christine Figgener uploaded a video of her team pulling a plastic drinking straw from the nose of an olive Ridley sea ...
New England Sea turtle strandings starting early
Sea turtle strandings are common on New England beaches in the fall as plummeting water temperatures bring “cold-stunned” turtles to shore. But biologists say ...