Plastic pollution poses threat to African turtle paradise
Despite conservation efforts by the oceanic island Príncipe—whose beaches provide crucial nesting sites for green, leatherback, and hawksbill turtles—sea turtles face a barrage of human-induced threats. The most prominent threat includes plastic pollution, where many turtles have been known to ingest (at all life stages) as they often mistake plastic debris for food.
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Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
India: Developing policy to deal with stranded marine species
Australia: Turtle trials help researchers understand glow impact
Ecology
Myanmar: Endangered terrapin’s survival depends on Botahtaung Pagoda
New Findings
Prey-switching does not protect a generalist turtle from bioenergetic consequences when its preferred food is scarce
Miscellany
USA: Earliest Leatherback sea turtle nest ever documented in Florida found on Hutchinson Island
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