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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why
The turtle wranglers landed on Ingram Island thinking about sex and heat. Pacific green sea turtles spend years cruising this northern Australia feeding ground, fattening up on sea grasses before heading to nesting areas to mate and lay eggs. The scientists simply wanted to know: which of these reptiles were male and which were female?
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World's Largest Sea Turtle Could Come Off 'Endangered' List
Federal ocean managers say it might be time to move the East Coast population of the world's largest turtle from the United States' list of endangered animals. An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the Northwest Atlantic Ocean's leatherback sea turtles be listed as "threatened," but not endangered, under the Endangered Species Act. The giant reptiles, which can weigh 2,000 pounds, would remain protected under federal law, but their status would be moved down a notch.
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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why
At the Pacific Ocean's largest green sea turtle rookery, a crisis is unfolding, likely thanks to warming temperatures. Will this become a global problem?
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The sea turtle that refused to be beaten by the storm
When Eleanor the sea turtle was caught in a tropical storm off the coast of Florida, she coped surprisingly well. In fact, she hardly needed to use any extra energy during the four days the storm raged - and neither was she injured. As the seas get warmer, the Earth suffers the ravages of ever more powerful storms and hurricanes, with massive consequences for both humans and animals. One of the concerns is marine animals, especially endangered species, such as certain whales, manatees, sharks, sea turtles, etc.
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Meet Diego, the Centenarian Whose Sex Drive Saved His Species
By fathering hundreds, a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands reversed the threat of extinction. Another, earning the name Lonesome George, was unable to do the same.
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100-Year-Old Turtle, the Last of Her Kind, Could Soon Be a Mom
I have written about a lot of causes of extinction over the years. Climate change. Disease. Overhunting. Pollution. The list goes on and on. Well here’s a new one that could end up on the list: a mangled penis. Now, normally a single set of damaged sexual organs wouldn’t make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. But nothing about the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is normal. Only a single mated couple of this species remains anywhere in the world.
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Turbo and the turtle
Turbo the corgi had no idea the rock could move.
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Crawling to the Sea
Pictures I took years ago of a baby sea turtle.
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Baby snapping turtles
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Glowing Sea Turtle Spotted off the Solomon Islands
The turtle Gruber spotted and recorded was showing off bright green and red colors that gave it a neon glow. It was biofluorescing -- reflecting blue light and flashing it back out as another color. (Not to be confused with the bioluminescence some animals exhibit, where they essentially give off their own light from within or from things such as bacteria resting on them.)
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GoPro video of giant green sea turtle at Audubon Aquarium
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Stop painting turtle shells, you’re hurting their health: Florida wildlife officials
Wildlife officials are urging Florida residents and tourists to stop painting turtles and tortoises. You’re hurting the animal’s health in many ways, they warn.
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The inside of a Leatherback Turtle's mouth
The nightmarish interior of the Leatherback Turtle's mouth
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Tortoise
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These Crazy Cute Baby Turtles Want Their Lake Back | Deep Look
Turtles grow up without parents, which might sound lonely. But for threatened baby turtles raised in a zoo it’s an advantage: they can learn to catch crickets all by themselves. There’s a paradox, though. When they are ready to leave the nursery, there is little wilderness where they can make a home.
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Green Sea Turtles reclassified as threatened
Green sea turtle populations in Florida and Mexico have been reclassified from endangered to threatened. This is a positive step forward and showcases successful conservation efforts. Under the new label, the turtles will still require protection under the Endangered Species Act, but they no longer face an imminent risk of extinction. Since 1978 the number of nesting females on Florida beaches has increased, with at least 2,250 counted...
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New conservation project reveals amazing turtle's eye-view of the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is home to almost 6000 species. Thanks to GoPro, here’s what the journey through it looks like for one of them: a turtle’s eye view of the Reef. To find out more about the level of pollution affecting turtles within the Great Barrier Reef, WWF is working on innovative project in Queensland with the support of our partners Banrock Station Wines Environmental Trust, James Cook University, The University of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, State and
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Sea turtle given a 3D-printed jaw implant after boat accident
Human activity almost killed this loggerhead sea turtle in Turkey, but a group of doctors and researchers are looking to right that wrong with a 3D-printed prosthetic. The turtle, which is marked...
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Thailand coin-eating sea turtle 'Piggy Bank' dies
A turtle in Thailand that had an operation to remove nearly 1,000 coins from her stomach two weeks ago has died from blood poisoning. The 25-year-old sea turtle fell into a coma after a second operation on Sunday, following intestinal problems. Named Omsin, meaning "Piggy Bank", she was found to be eating coins thrown into a public pond where she lived, in Chonburi province.
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How the turtle got its shell through skeletal shifts and muscular origami
Turtle shells are unique adaptations, not least because the shoulder blade sits inside the ribcage unlike all other vertebrates. Now, a new study of developing turtle embryos suggests how these ani…
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