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Researchers uncover unexpected sea turtle behavior at critical nesting site: 'There is no guarantee that they carry on doing this'
While it’s good news that the turtles have already been adapting in this way, it’s bad news that they must. Researchers ...
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A Deadly Toll
Only one dead piping plover has been collected, but oil pollution has soiled the imperiled plover's critical habitat on the Chandeleur Islands. Approximately 6,000 sea turtles have likely been harmed ...
Center for Biological Diversity8y
HABITATS AND SPECIES AFFECTED
Many more birds were oiled by the crude polluting coastal marshes. Numerous species of fish, seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles have been impacted from the oil spill. Collecting the stranded ...
Do Good HQ on MSN10d
Saving Sea Turtles: What’s Hurting Them & How You Can Take Action
Protect/save the sea turtles!” is a common rallying cry for environmentalists, marine biologists, oceanographers, and others ...
Animal Welfare Institute11y
Oil Disaster Devastates Gulf - AWI Sues BP to Protect Endangered Turtles
By mid-June, the disaster in the Gulf had surpassed the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. By early July ... blocked from rescuing endangered sea turtles who were being burned alive during “controlled burns” of ...
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Waiting for a Baby Boom
After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, some weak and starving turtles covered in oil washed ashore, and scores of others could have died at sea. Warming oceans, Shaver says, are another likely ...
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Scientists shed new light on the mysterious ‘lost years’ of sea turtles
Sea turtles are considered one of the oldest living species on Earth, but it’s been a mystery where their babies go after heading out to sea. Known as their “lost years,” the lack of information makes ...
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bp oil spill
For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings ... nesting spot for sea turtles decades ago. Lawsuit says Trump administration ignored risk of huge spills to endangered ...
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Sea Turtles
Looking for a truly remote, off-the-grid adventure? Try Panama. Looking for a truly remote, off-the-grid adventure? Try Panama. This dog can find rare sea turtle nests—shockingly successfully ...
WSHU news1mon
Scientist hope to learn about the 'lost years' after baby sea turtles reach the sea
Sea turtles famously lay their eggs in nests on ... It started with the BP oil spill in 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. And I happened to be at the right place at the right time working ...
The Hindu19d
Don’t spill the oil: diving into the aftermath of an environmental disaster
the spill caused widespread harm to coral reefs, marshlands, and critical ecosystems that serve as habitats for many marine species like dolphins, sea turtles, and fish. The oil also impacted ...