Researchers on the Lady Lisa track turtles on the high seas
On a muggy June day in 2015, the crew aboard the R/V Lady Lisa pulled a sluggish sea turtle onto the ship’s deck. The loggerhead looked like it’d seen a streak of bad luck; a partially missing front flipper hinted at a run-in with a shark, and a barnacle-covered shell and marine leeches suggested its health had been in decline for some time. The crew grew concerned about the turtle’s prospects if they returned it to the Atlantic. Click the link to read more about the researchers work on the Lady Lisa…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Apalone spinifera (Spiny soft shell) turtle now listed as endangered in Canada
Fight of Leatherback turtles symbolic for Oceans Day
Sea Turtle nesting season ends in Canacona, Goa
Chelonia mydas rescued off Australian beach
Blog
N.E.S.T. response team finds nest #3
Ecology
Chelydra serpentina back in the park
Chelydra serpentina found wondering the streets of a Brussels town!
Health & Medical
Two-headed sea turtles longevity in question
15 sea turtles released from Ras Al Khaimah’s coast, UAE
Second sea turtle killed by propellers in Krabi, Thailand, this week
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