Rodney Lewis

Florida Aquarium Sea Turtle Rehab Center Opens In Apollo Beach The Florida Aquarium cut the ribbon Wednesday on a sea turtle rehabilitation center in Apollo Beach. It will expand efforts to save endangered turtles – and increase public awareness of them. The aquarium has rescued about 150 turtles since it opened in downtown Tampa in 1995. This will also allow the public to see how […]

Hawaiian population of sea turtles not harmed by eruption A Big Island nonprofit has confirmed that the Kilauea eruption last year did not critically damage sea turtle populations in lower Puna. While state and federal agencies said during the eruption that large numbers of sea turtles were not endangered by the flow of lava into the ocean, the Hawaii Wildlife Fund conducted its own survey,

UCF Researchers Investigate New Lead in Mysterious Sea Turtle Disease Scientists at the UCF are zeroing in on a new clue to understand a mysterious disease that affects about half the sea turtles in the Indian River Lagoon. The infectious disease, known as fibropapillomatosis, causes tumors to grow inside and outside of sea turtles’ bodies. While the tumors may be benign, they can become debilitating

Volunteers Patrol for Hatchlings Disoriented by Light Pollution In the dark of night, teeny sea turtles emerge from sandy nests as waves roll ashore several yards away. Instead of aiming for the shimmering surf as nature intends, thousands of wayward hatchlings are attracted to other light sources and naively wriggle toward resorts, roadways, and storm drains. They turn the wrong way because of human light

SaSa rescue team save lives of marine animals in Vietnam It took two days for Lê Chien , 34, and his colleagues from the SaSa rescue team to attempt to rescue a sick green turtle, but the endangered creature could not be saved as it had ingested too much plastic waste. The team was so sad to see the turtle passing away in vain, even

River terrapin: 50 to 300 in 10 years The number of river terrapins was hardly 50 more than a decade ago and conservationists were worried the freshwater turtle would soon join the list of extinct animals. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) termed it “critically endangered”. A breeding programme was started in the Sunderbans to increase their numbers. Today, there are 300 river

Mon Repos trial aims to boost turtle hatchling survival rates, combat heatwaves with ‘artificial rain’ They are more commonly associated with parks and lawns, but sprinklers are now also lining a beach in south-east Queensland in a world-first trial to keep turtle nests cool and reduce heat-related deaths of the animals. Rather than keeping grass green and lush, the “artificial rain” created by sprinklers at

Sea turtles around Yakushima in southern Japan likely prey to Chinese poachers As many as 128 dead sea turtles collected from a group of smugglers in China’s Zhejiang province included at least two red sea turtles with identification tags attached by a Japanese conservation group on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, according to members of the nature organization. The number of sea turtles visiting