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Young sea turtles swim and choose their paths instead of drifting
Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.
National Geographic news6d
Sea turtles are surviving—despite us
That’s roughly 10 times as many as all the adult sea turtles of every species believed to be alive today. So many occupied the Cayman Islands in the 1700s that English settlers used them to ...
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TSA releases about 350 green sea turtles into the Gulf
Nearly 350 green sea turtles were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, Feb.1, by the Texas State Aquarium (TSA). The cold-stunned sea turtles were transported to the TSA from Jan. 21 ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune5d
20 cold-stunned juvenile green turtles are patients at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act and Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. These turtles face significant threats ...
Tampa Bay Times10d
In an ‘impressive’ rescue, more than 1,200 sea turtles saved from cold Florida waters
Nearly all of the animals rescued offshore Bay and Gulf counties were green sea turtles, except for eight loggerhead turtles and one Kemp’s ridley — the most endangered turtle species on Earth.