USDA Releases Two-Year Strategy to Help Gopher Tortoise
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday released a new two-year implementation strategy to help restore, enhance and protect longleaf pine forests in the Southeast, part of an ongoing effort to help the gopher tortoise rebound and combat the need for additional regulation of the species. Click the link to read more and download the pdf plan…
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Biology
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Ecology
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Education
Teachers look to bring marine biology program to Norwalk
Health & Medical
Video: Sea Turtle Released in Fort Morgan
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Video: Tiny tortoises a growing problem for US families
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Miscellany
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Species Facts…
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Conservation status: Vulnerable. It lacks a bony shell, instead its carapace is covered by skin and oily flesh. Dermochelys is the only extant genus of the family Dermochelyidae.
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