Plastic, Alarm! Let’s Save The Sea Turtles After collecting cigarette butts and plastic off of the beach in Byron, Arlian and his mother, Karin Ecker, are working on a film entitled “Plastic, Alarm! Let’s save the sea turtles”. ‘The aim of the project is to get kids and schools involved to participate in or initiate creative projects towards protecting the environment,’ said Karin. You can […]

Over 5,000 Lepidochelys olivacea hatchlings released into sea in Krishna “We have successfully recorded and documented the arrival of as many as 772 turtles and collected 88,544 eggs along the coastline, including the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary area, till March 12. This season has witnessed the arrival of the turtles in record number since 2009,” Avanigadda Forest Range Officer V. Bhavani told The Hindu . Check

Olive Ridley Project Begins a New Research Study to Determine the Age of Ghost Nets A group of marine biologists is on a mission: to discover the actual age of the ghost nets that somehow end up in the Indian Ocean. The ultimate goal to this mission is to determine the reason why these nets are being found in the Maldives. These biologists will be

What to Do With All That Ghost Gear? S jo accessories is the creative outlet of design-led research and development project ‘Threads of the Indus’, committed to empowering village-based marginalised craft communities towards creating social change through their own agency. Central Saint Martins (UAL) textile design graduate, Seher Mirza, initiated the project in 2009/10, as part of her PhD design research at the Royal College

Critically Endangered Batagur baska From Breeding Program in India Rescued From a Local Market The species Batagur baska is a critically endangered chelonian which is known as one of the largest turtles in Asia. When one of these animals showed up at a local market, it raised some questions and the authorities swiftly intervened. It was discovered that a local fisherman captured the turtle which

Short Film Documents Efforts to Save Sea Turtle Habitat in South Carolina “The film introduces Sea Turtle Specialist, Leah Schwartzentruber, and Park Ranger, John Greider – members of the team leading Edisto Beach State Park’s sea turtle conservation program. Sea turtles are one of Earth’s oldest creatures and among the most threatened due to a number of factors, including loss of habitat. The South Carolina