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Tag: sea turtles

Good News for Green Turtles
Conservation

Good News for Green Turtles

Over 50 years of protection has led to extreme benefits for green turtle populations.
April 18, 2022April 15, 2022 Kendra Devereux
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galax-Sea
Ecology Sea Turtles

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galax-Sea

This team of scientists is studying microscopic organisms to help us understand more about the movement of sea turtles.
October 23, 2020October 24, 2020 Riley Henning
“Breaking Bad” inspired robot tracks sea turtle poachers
Biology Conservation Ecology Sea Turtles

“Breaking Bad” inspired robot tracks sea turtle poachers

Sea turtle populations are declining, in no small part thanks to poachers. Here, the authors use robot-eggs to track poacher…
October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Brandy Biggar
Virtual Sea Turtles: Predicting the Movement of Hatchlings at Sea
Biological oceanography Biology Conservation Ecology Modeling Sea Turtles

Virtual Sea Turtles: Predicting the Movement of Hatchlings at Sea

A young sea turtle emerges from its nest and races toward the sea and several others are close behind as…
September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Cierra Braga
Crushed it: Sea turtles can help us understand hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic
Cyclones

Crushed it: Sea turtles can help us understand hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic

Predicting what hurricanes will do is a matter of life and death, but when Hurricane Irene headed north in 2011,…
September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
The Age-Old Question about Sea Turtles
Genetics

The Age-Old Question about Sea Turtles

There's a lot that science has taught us about sea turtles – but we still don't know how old these…
August 18, 2020 Rishya Narayanan
The Adventures of Shell-ock Holmes: A case of green sea turtles
Ecology

The Adventures of Shell-ock Holmes: A case of green sea turtles

How can scientists find sea turtles in the ocean? Traditional methods like capturing and tagging are invasive and expensive. Is…
May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Anastasia Yandulskaya
Want to know about water? Ask some sea creatures
Methodology

Want to know about water? Ask some sea creatures

There are animals that are constantly traversing places we have barely begun to understand. Animals can’t directly tell us what…
January 2, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
Are you jelly? Citizen scientists find jellyfish to help sea turtles
Sea Turtles

Are you jelly? Citizen scientists find jellyfish to help sea turtles

The largest leatherback ever recorded weighed 2,019 pounds, and yet this behemoth lives on a diet composed almost entirely of…
August 26, 2019 Kristin Huizenga
Global Warming Increases Cold-Stun in Sea Turtles
Biology Climate Change

Global Warming Increases Cold-Stun in Sea Turtles

Global warming along the eastern United States is causing sea turtles to travel further northward during the summer, but as…
July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Samantha Setta
Studying Sea Turtles: The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears and More
Sea Turtles

Studying Sea Turtles: The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears and More

For this Turtle Tuesday, I’m reflecting on time I have spent studying and working for sea turtle conservation.
August 24, 2018August 23, 2018 Rebecca Flynn
Turtles in the Trash: How microplastics are washing up where turtles breed
Plastic Pollution

Turtles in the Trash: How microplastics are washing up where turtles breed

Like plastic bags and other larger plastic pieces, these insidious micro particles can make their way into animal digestive tracts…
August 7, 2018 Kristin Huizenga
Turtles unbothered by close drone monitoring, while birds and crocodiles flee
technology

Turtles unbothered by close drone monitoring, while birds and crocodiles flee

Bevan E, Whiting S, Tucker T, Guinea M, Raith A, Douglas R (2018) Measuring behavioral responses of sea turtles, saltwater…
July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 R J Parker
How to clean a sea turtle
Behavior

How to clean a sea turtle

Could you imagine if you had to actively seek out showering stations to stay clean? For sea turtles, they must…
September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 Katherine Barrett
Book Review

Turn off some lights for the turtles: using statistics to make turtle conservation tangible

You've heard about "turn down for what..."; now check out this article and figure out exactly what you're turning down…
February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 Anna Robuck
Conservation Ecology Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles

Let’s Ghost Fishing for Halloween!

Ghost fishing is ghastly because it creates underwater graveyards for wildlife. The authors covered here wrote a new review of…
October 28, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Biology

With a little help from my friends: sea turtles hatch together to save energy

Sea turtle hatchlings face long odds when they emerge from their buried nests. But at least they don't have to…
July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Brittney G. Borowiec
Behavior Biology Book Review Conservation Sea Turtles technology

For Sea Turtles, There’s No Place Like Home

Tagline: Sea turtles are occasionally released in locations that are not their home areas. But do they remain there? Find…
March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Physiology

Turtles turn heat exchange topsy-turvy

Counter-current heat exchange is a classic example of an elegant anatomical solution to this physiological problem. Leatherback sea turtles do…
March 1, 2016March 15, 2016 Brittney G. Borowiec
Conservation Human impacts

Sea turtles vs Airguns

As we look for oil beneath the sea floor we cause a ruckus. How do sea turtles react and how…
January 8, 2016June 16, 2020 Sarah Giltz

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