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Marine Turtle Newsletter: Travel Grants to Attend the 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Orlando, Florida

A milestone of sorts for sea turtle people around the world, the 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation attracted record numbers of international biologists, conservationists and students thanks in part to the generous support of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. In past years, most of the…

National Geographic Greece

Ταξίδι στον Ειρηνικό Νεαρά σκουμπριά συνοδεύουν μια χελώνα Caretta caretta ανοιχτά της Μπάχα Καλιφόρνια. Πολλές από αυτές τις θαλάσσιες χελώνες γεννιούνται στο νησί Γιάκου Σίμα της νότιας Ιαπωνίας, λέει ο βιολόγος Wallace J. Nichols. Για δύο ως έξι χρόνια, εξηγεί ο Jeffrey Polovina, από τη Διεύθυνση Θαλάσσιας Αλιείας, ταξιδεύουν στον…

The Seattle Times: Caught in a Tangled Net

Cover Photo AP: Wallace J. Nichols, A University of Arizona Wildlife Ecology Doctoral Candidate, Holds Up A Black Sea Turtle At A Beach In Baja California. The Turtle Is One Of Several Species Of Sea Turtle Threatened By Nets From Shrimp Boats ScienceCaught In A Tangled NetBusiness: Tuesday, November 16,…

BBC News: Long-distance turtles log a record

By Environment Correspondent Alex Kirby Conservationists say they are now convinced that loggerhead turtles routinely migrate across the Pacific from Japan to Mexico, and then swim back. The distance involved - 12,000km each way - makes this one of the longest migrations recorded. It is appreciably longer than the 10,000km…