A “remarkable number” of at least five female caretta caretta sea turtle individuals used Pachia Ammos beach, at Stavros village on the Akrotiri peninsula of Crete, for breeding in 2024, resulting in ...
A “remarkable number” of at least five female caretta caretta sea turtle individuals used Pachia Ammos beach, at Stavros village on the Akrotiri peninsula of Crete, for breeding in 2024, resulting in ...
Those that do become stewards of a healthy ocean. As a keystone species, sea turtles influence multiple levels of marine food webs, balancing the populations of jellyfish, crustaceans, seagrass ...
As recently as 2009, sea turtle eggs were freely sold in the markets of La Union. In the beaches of San Juan and Bacnotan, specifically, poachers would routinely harvest the eggs laid by the reptiles ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — After a significant cold front several weeks ago in New England, many Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were cold-stunned. The Texas State Aquarium is providing relief to some of ...
Sea turtles can survive being struck by a boat propeller — but as they heal from the trauma, their shells often change shape, bulging from air building up within their bodies. That throws the animals' ...
CUTCHOGUE, New York -- During an early December cold snap, the New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead, New York, says it helped a record number of sea turtles who were simply stunned by cold ...
The World Wildlife Fund has compared green sea turtles to lawn mowers in the best possible way: Their grazing boosts the productivity of seagrass beds, which support fish species that are commercially ...