eDNA can be used to track turtles
Environmental DNA (eDNA) allows the detection of the presence of organisms without direct observation; Surprisingly, the eDNA approach had not been applied to turtles in aquatic environments… . CROW need help feeding a sea turtle and other stories in the Conservation section. Volunteers are being heckled by beach-goers, see the Crime & Punishment section. Have you lost a Sulcata in Burgaw? see the Lost & Found section.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
CROW requests donations to feed sea turtle.
Hawksbill turtles make a slow comeback.
Dead turtle found on McFaddin could provide clues.
Turtle rescue in Tobago’s sea of seaweed.
New effective method to save baby sea turtles.
ATV turtle patrol — Found a mama.
Education
Aquarium Exhibit Details How Sea Turtles Are Saved.
Sea Turtle Hospital’s ‘SCUTE’ Visited by Turtle Protectors.
Crime & Punishment
‘It has become a problem’: Trash left on beach prompts city to dust-off ordinance, pull garbage.
Lowcountry manners trump sea turtle heckling.
Lost & Found
Group quick to corral 60-pound tortoise in Burgaw.
Miscellany
Before Demolition of Sakonnet River Bridge, A Check for Endangered Turtles.
Did You Know…
The Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (from the Greek calli- = “beautiful”, nectes = “swimmer”, and Latin sapidus = “savory”), Atlantic blue crab, or regionally as the Chesapeake blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
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