Florida’s sea turtle nests survived an intense hurricane season. But climate change poses an uncertain future for the beloved ...
“In the short term, that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” Lasala, the sea turtle biologist, explained. It means more offspring and therefore, a larger population. But in the long run the ...
(AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles ... Some of the turtles that arrive at the hospital are green turtles or loggerheads ...
The island was initially monitored for loggerhead turtles and, more recently, a growing green turtle population. The SCCF sea turtle team continues to analyze nest-monitoring and night-tagging ...
Galápagos green turtle, the green sea turtle population found around the Galápagos Islands, sometimes considered to be a subspecies Galápagos tortoise, a large species of tortoise native to the ...
Every year thousands of seabirds, sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed ... Water conservation is critical as our growing population puts increased demand on the nation’s water ...
Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left it with an affliction colloquially referred to as ...
Green sea turtles are among the largest marine turtles, with adults growing up to 4 feet long (1.22 meters) and weighing an average of 350 pounds (158.8 kilograms). Advertisement ...
There is no way to definitively say how a green sea turtle ended up a mile from the coast in Dixie County in the middle of a ...
The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centuries, but with the species now endangered, ...