Over 70 rare turtle hatchlings released after miraculous rescue during Hurricane Michael Life didn’t start out easy for dozens of diamond terrapin turtle hatchlings. “It was survival of the fittest right from the start,” said Kris Porter of Owl’s Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife. More than 70 baby diamondback terrapins turtles were found caught in seaweed that washed up on a Pasco County shoreline after Hurricane […]

Tourism can worsen deadly light pollution in sea turtle habitats The harmful relationship between sea turtles and light pollution has emerged as an important consideration in sea turtle conservation. What is less known is the relationship between sea turtles and the tourists who visit them, and subsequently encourage increased development along pristine shorelines. Light is an important navigation tool for sea turtles. But human interference

How the Gulf of Maine appears to be increasing the numbers of cold-stunning in NE America “We were surprised the results suggested this increase was linked with warmer sea surface temperatures,” Griffin says. The scientists originally thought the strandings might be associated with how many young sea turtles hatched. But turtles, it turns out, are just one of many Gulf of Maine species “exhibiting a

Meet Cloud, the very unique green sea turtle with leucism who was rehabbed and released by the Olive Ridley Project Cloud belongs to the green sea turtle species. She was rescued from the ocean in Male atoll, near the capital island of Maldives. She was found floating in the ocean and unable to dive down. Her rescuers tried to release her on two occasions, but

Sea Turtles Return to Versova Beach After Lawyer’s Massive Cleanup Efforts Just a few years ago, Mumbai’s Versova Beach practically doubled as a landfill. The plastic garbage and filth was piled literally feet high; photographs were taken of people standing knee-deep in garbage, rendering the beach effectively useless for the turtles and other sea-dwelling creatures that use beaches—crucial parts of their habitat. Indian lawyer and

High schoolers to study sea turtles in the Bahamas In an effort to help save the green sea turtle species from further decline, five Exeter-West Greenwich High School students will be heading to a research facility in the Bahamas next month to study and track the endangered animals. The study will take place on Eleuthera Island at a facility funded by EarthWatch, an international environmental

The Incredible Life of Silvia, Chelonia mydas After years of monitoring, scientists managed to confirm that this green turtle successfully managed to migrate from Peru to Galapagos to nest on the beaches of Santa Cruz Island. Silvia. That was the name that the Peruvian scientists from the Center for the Integral Conservation of Marine Ecosystems of the Eastern Pacific, Ecoceanic, gave to a green turtle