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Tag: sea turtles

Biology Ecology Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles

The new fad diet for sea turtles? Plastics

Paper: Wedemeyer, K. R., George, S., James, H. B., Peterson, T. D., Wicksten, M. K. and Plotkin, P. T. (2015). High…
October 1, 2015September 30, 2015 Erin McLean
Behavior Ecology Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles are Social Too

Ever wonder how sea turtles spend most of their time beneath the waves? Or how they interact with other sea…
September 25, 2015September 25, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
Ecology

Activity at one end of a migration affects fitness at the other

Effectively managing migratory species requires an understanding of what impacts them along their entire migratory route. This paper evaluates how…
September 23, 2015September 27, 2015 Virginia Schutte
Biology Book Review Conservation

Using Robots to Track Sea Turtles

A new technique using underwater robots may be able to teach us about sea turtle behaviors in the wild.
July 15, 2015 Derrick Alcott
Biology Fisheries Human impacts

Untangling the issues with longline fishing

Longline fishing has been used for decades as a way to catch large amounts of commercial fish. Though effective in…
June 29, 2015 Sean Anderson
Conservation Fisheries Human impacts technology

Technology for Turtles: TurtleWatch Program to Protect Sea Turtles and Assist Fishermen

A technology that both benefits fishermen and helps prevent sea turtle bycatch? Yes, please! The great news is that it…
May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Sea-level Rise

Nest Mess: rising seas change the environment of sea turtle nests, hindering hatching success

As a poster child for conservation, threats to sea turtles, such as fishing nets and coastal development, have been highly…
December 9, 2014June 11, 2020 Gordon Ober
Biology Conservation Ecology

Sea Turtles, Sea Grasses, and Sharks

What began as an innocent initiative to save the sea turtles may be having a detrimental impact on sea grasses…
October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 Anne M. Hartwell
Biology

The turtle skylight: looks great and helps with time management.

Leatherback turtles have a built-in skull skylight that registers light and helps tell them when to migrate.
September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 Sarah Giltz
Coastal Management

How sea turtles with backpacks can help establish highways for ocean health

It is a big scary world out there if you are a migrating ocean animal. However, data-generating backpacks worn by…
August 13, 2014October 20, 2014 Megan Chen
Biology Chemistry Pollution

Why Do Sea Turtles Get Tumors?

Large numbers of green sea turtles are growing tumors that impede their swimming, block their sight, and prevent them from…
July 21, 2014 Carrie McDonough

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