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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…