Sometimes it feels like the world is advancing at an unprecedented rate, but that isn’t always a bad thing and in this case it is actually very positive. In April, the Nature Conservancy and scientists in the Arnavon Community Marine Conservation area tagged ten...
A green sea turtle, rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital after being entangled in fishing gear, was fitted with a satellite tracking transmitter and released from a Florida Keys beach Friday. “Fleming” is to join the Tour de Turtles, a...
With populations down to perhaps 10 percent of what they were a century ago, according to Richard Hamilton, the Nature Conservancy’s Melanesia program director, hawksbills are the most critically endangered of all seven species of sea turtles. Found in the tropical...
For the fourth year in a row, USF’s Patel College of Global Sustainability is sponsoring a turtle in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtle, a 14-turtle race won by whichever competitor migrates the furthest. Each turtle is tracked for three months. To win the...
June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day. What better way to celebrate than by looking at these amazing and sometimes adorable photos (unless you have the opportunity to hang out with some real turtles, of course)?According to the Sea Turtle Conservancy, World Sea Turtle Day...
Satellite Beach is joining a barrier-island campaign to try to keep plastic throwaway bags off the beaches — and out of the stomachs of unsuspecting sea turtles.Last week, the Satellite Beach City Council unanimously voted to partner with the Surfrider...