We coexist on the planet with 8.7 million other living species. Hence, it is our duty to secure our future generations. They can guarantee that our offspring will experience the same wonders we did. The increasing human population is causing a strain on wildlife. Multiple wildlife habitats are being encroached upon to fill the demand […]
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Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release: A Sea Turtle Success Story to Kick off 2024
“Mojo,” a 500+ pound leatherback sea turtle, stranded on Miami’s South Beach just before the new year. He’s estimated to be 30 to 35 years old. According to NOAA, leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtles in the world. They’re the only species lacking scales and a hard shell and have existed in their current […]
Hope, the Turtle Born with an Exposed Heart Beating Outside Her Body is Thriving Against All Odds [Video]
We all face different kinds of challenges in our lives. Sometimes the obstacles feel impossible to overcome. Those are the moments when we need a little extra inspiration and hope. When Mike first learned about a little turtle with an exposed heart, he knew that he had to take her in. He knew that keeping […]
10 Common Practices in Maintaining Lagoon Biodiversity
Here’s a fact: 13% of the world’s coastlines are lagoons. Because of that, they present one of the highest biological productivities in marine life. Teeming with species, they provide homes for fish gliding through rippling seagrass, birds skimming the glittering surface, dolphins spinning joyously, ancient sea turtles returning to their nest, and many tiny creatures […]
President Biden Urged to Ban Mexican Fish Imports, Stop Mass Killing of Endangered Sea Turtles
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity called on President Biden today to impose trade sanctions against Mexico to stop the nation’s massive bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles, as required by U.S. law. In August the National Marine Fisheries Service certified Mexico for its bycatch under the U.S. Moratorium Protection Act. Certification requires that Biden now […]
Huge snapping turtle with a bite more powerful than a great white shark’s found near park
A huge snapping turtle which has a bite so vicious it could kill has been seized near a children’s park in the Italian city of Turin. The turtle, originally from the USA, was seized after being illegally imported into Italy. The animal, which weighed around 16 kilograms, was found in the Rio Fellone canal close […]
Study reveals turtles’ millennia-old food affair with North African seagrass
A multidisciplinary team of researchers comparing bone samples from ancient turtles with skin samples from modern-day green turtles have been able to trace the “food footprints” of this endangered species. The evidence points to these turtles returning to the same seagrass meadows on the North African coast of the Mediterranean for at least 3,000 years. […]
June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day
A planet itself Under the sea Magic and miracles Swimming free Let us protect this vision In its symmetry The waters belong to its Inhabitants Not to humans, we So today and always Blessed are we by sea turtles So we cannot let them Towards extinction, Hurtle