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Soups, stews and pies flavored with chunks of sea turtle meat will soon be illegal across the 700 islands of the Bahamas, environmental activists and scientists said Sunday.
A 150-pound sea turtle raised by humans returned to freedom on Monday after nine years of captivity, swimming away after the veterinarians who cared for her helped steer her toward the ocean.
Feds consider critical habitat for sea turtlesFederal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California. NOAA Fisheries officials said Thursday they will make a decision whether to go forward by Dec.
Turtle named for Obama freed on Independence DayA sea turtle named after President Barack Obama that was rescued just before Inauguration Day has been set free on Independence Day.
Never Say Goodbye: Loggerhead Sea Turtle [pic]A striking portrait of an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. Biologists tally nests, not individuals. Some 47,000 to 90,000 nests were counted each year on the Atlantic Coast over the past decade.
Army of DarknessToday, two-thirds of the world no longer sees the sky of our ancestors. It is disappearing at an Amazonian extinction rate — in fact, by some estimates, a purely dark, virgin sky may disappear entirely from the lower 48 states by 2025. More Articles
Male Turtle Comes to Memorial for Slaughtered Female - CNN.comThis is pretty cool if it is an accurate account. Turtles live a very long time. Maybe they remember a long time too. More Articles
OK to release sea turtle into the wildWeighing 150 pounds and strong enough to require five men to wrestle her out of her saltwater tank, Dylan the sea turtle is ready to be set free after nine years in captivity and a final checkup by her veterinarian.
Gazans eat endangered turtle, drink it's blood as aphrodisiacGAZA Reuters - A rare giant sea turtle caught on a beach near Gaza City was slaughtered and eaten by Palestinian fishermen who said its blood was an aphrodisiac, among other therapeutic qualities.
Week in wildlife March 7 2008London, UK: falconer Mark Bigwood flies his harris hawk, Comet, while patrolling St Pancras station. The hawks are being used to scare off pigeons
Endangered Turtle Makes Record 647-Day Journey - Over 12, 000 MilesA leatherback sea turtle recently completed the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate: 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean. The journey, tracked by satellite, provides the first record of a trans-Pacific migration by a leatherback.
Against the Odds: A sea turtle's journeyBy DIANE TENNANT, The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH On the luckiest day of the year, a turtle crawled out of the ocean at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Newcomers Both Friends and Foes of Sea TurtlesYou may not have flippers or a shell, but if you are among the growing number of tourists and expatriates captivated by the beautiful Pacific coastline north of Puerto Vallarta, you do have something in common with sea turtles: a taste for pristine, undeveloped, remote beaches. …
Great Sea Turtle RaceEleven sea turtles sporting sponsorships including Dreyer's Ice Cream, Travelocity, Yahoo, and Stephen Colbert are racing across the Pacific to raise awareness for the plight of endangered leatherbacks.
Sanibel News - 2007 Sea Turtle Nesting SeasonIn 1997 and 1998, the City enacted ordinances for marine turtle protection that protect nesting and hatchling marine turtles from the adverse effects of artificial lighting
greenerMIAMI: Sea Turtle-Friendly LightingNormal artificial lights are dangerous for sea turtles. They are attracted to the light as if it were the moon, and it will lead them off-course and away from the sea.
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