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The Race To Ensure The Future Of Sea Turtles On Ambergris Caye In the past, long before development overwhelmed Ambergris Caye, the largest island in Belize, sea turtles were a frequent occurrence throughout the entire island. However, due to recent development, the turtles are leaving their former nesting sites and using only the most distant areas of the island to lay their eggs. Both Caretta […]

Snapping turtles showing less contamination from PCBs Snapping turtles in Turkey Creek are showing less contamination from PCBs and that’s a good sign for the Detroit River. “The PCB burdens are declining,” Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Remedial Action Plan co-ordinator Claire Sanders said Friday. “I think it’s a really good news story. We know that those efforts to clean up contaminated sediment have been successful

Cure for a common turtle cancer takes a lesson from human cancers A one-two punch can knock out a common cancer in sea turtles. Just as some human cancers are best treated first by surgical removal of the tumor and then by chemotherapy, surgery and treatment with the anticancer drug fluorouracil reduced the reoccurrence of the sometimes deadly turtle cancer fibropapilloma from 60% to 18%,

Along U.S. 80 to Tybee, beach traffic threatens terrapins The stream of vehicles headed to Tybee on a June weekend is relentless, and so is the instinct of a diamondback terrapin to cross Highway 80. The inevitable result doesn’t take long to find if you’re looking. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Canada: Western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) part of population count project (VIDEO)

No slow days for turtle expert despite retirement Unlike the marine turtles that he had spent years studying, Romeo Trono has apparently never had slow days—even in retirement. Contemplating the sunset by the beach while sipping rum mixed with Coke, Trono, 59, could easily be mistaken for a laid-back hippie, what with his long tousled hair and beaded bracelets. His musings about life reinforce that

Middle Schoolers Prove Themselves To Be The Conservationists Of The Future Illinois is home to Emydoidea blandingii, a species classified as endangered by the IUCN. Their populations have declined drastically over the previous years and they are in a critical state due to harvesting as well as deforestation. Thankfully there are multiple organizations which have developed conservation initiatives for these turtles, one of which being

82 turtles found dead in crab trap on Sea Isle Beach Environmentalists Steve and Susan Ahern received a disturbing call Memorial Day from the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol. It was 11:30 a.m. when the phone rang. “Beach Patrol said someone walking along the beach down at 11th Street in Sea Isle had called them and said there were approximately 70 dead diamondback terrapins and

At least 5 sea turtle nests destroyed by Alberto in Florida NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Subtropical Storm Alberto dealt a blow to sea turtle nests in southwest Florida. Five of Collier County’s 218 sea turtle nests washed away during the weekend storm. Another 26 nests were inundated, which means the eggs were covered with water; it remains to be seen how those nests will fare.

New turtle species discovered in Puerto Vallarta “Casquito de Vallarta” (Kinosternon vogti) is the name proposed for the new species of terrestrial turtle discovered by researchers from the University Center of the Coast (CUCosta) in Puerto Vallarta, together with a team of Mexican scientists. The discovery has already been disseminated in specialized publications. According to the researcher Germán Cupul, up to now only 20 specimens