Tag: sea turtles

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A report from the environmental organization Oceana has documented nearly 1,800 U.S. incidents of marine mammals and sea turtles swallowing or becoming entangled in plastic in the ocean since 2009....

Researchers executed a bait-and-switch maneuver by placing 3D-printed turtle eggs in the clutches of real sea turtle eggs to capture poachers in Costa Rica. The researchers placed 101 fake eggs,...

Nobody wishes for a hurricane, but for researchers studying loggerhead sea turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight — a coastal region running from Massachusetts to North Carolina — Hurricane Irene’s East...

For veterinary researcher Annie Page-Karjian, veterinary science and wildlife biology need to come together more often. Juno Beach, a six-mile stretch of coastline in Central Florida that is critical to...

Loggerhead sea turtle nests on Georgia’s Barrier Islands are experiencing improved survival rates, but invasive swine are the major predators affecting them. Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act,...