Entries for tag "conservation"
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wallacejnichols
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July 22, 2001
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PUERTO SAN CARLOS, MEXICO-- Here along the Pacific coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, a celebration--Easter, a birthday, the arrival of important guests--calls for a meal of caguama, or turtle. Locals also covet the animal's medicinal properties. The best-tasting, according to most, is the East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas).…
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wallacejnichols
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Jan. 9, 2000
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by Melissa Paxton, Baja Life Magazine (January 2000) The tides may be truly be changing along both coasts of the Baja Peninsula for the five endangered species of sea turtle who claim Baja’s waters as home. Against all odds, many of the fishermen once known to hunt these turtles are…
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wallacejnichols
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July 19, 1999
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Like their cousin the tortoise, sea turtles may take their time, but they are remarkably persistent, according to new evidence from an Earthwatch sponsored researcher. A tag was recovered in Baja, Mexico, from the flipper of a Loggerhead sea turtle that was tagged in Japan. The tag confirms that endangered…
