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WASHINGTON — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to ...
Along the coast, sea turtles annually make 40,000 to 84,000 nests. In 2022, loggerhead turtles had another successful nesting season with 116,765 nests, about 20,000 more than the year before.
Monthly loggerhead sea turtle detections from August 2021 to July 2024. Data was derived from New England Aquarium acoustic receiver arrays and institutions participating in data sharing networks ...
Jacksonville University is launching a new program aimed at protecting sea turtles and their coastal habitats. The new JU Sea Turtle Program was announced on Monday, which is World Sea Turtle Day.
JU’s new sea turtle program won’t be an academic project but is designed to let students build direct experience collecting data and monitoring nests alongside volunteers who walk a 4.6-mile ...
Hungry green sea turtles have eaten in the same seagrass meadows for about 3,000 years 'We currently spend a lot of effort protecting the babies, but not the place where they spend most of their ...
Data shows sea turtles in danger Mote says since the 1980s, boat collisions with sea turtles have tripled in Florida. Lovewell says this year has been particularly hard on the sea turtle population.
So far, the database contains some 13,000 entries for hawksbills and green sea turtles, but the team is hoping to add more sea turtle species and see increased policy and conservation results ...
MARTIN: What do penguins, sea turtles and whales have in common? INSKEEP: They all make cute stuffies for small children in my family. MARTIN: That could be one thing, OK. INSKEEP: OK. MARTIN: But ...
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s May which means the start of sea turtle nesting season here in the southeast. It’s the time of year where sea turtles make their way to our beaches to lay their nests.