Posts Tagged ‘turtles’

July 26 2010

Despite oil, baby turtles being released to Gulf

FILE - Five Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings leave the beach at Padre Island National Seashore in this Sunday, June 17, 2007 file photo near Corpus Christi, Texas. Wildlife officials plan to release a large group of hatchlings early next week. (AP Photo/The Caller-Times, Todd Yates, FILE) Federal biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles into the western Gulf of Mexico, betting that by the time the silver dollar-sized swimmers make it to the oil-fouled waters of the eastern Gulf, BP will have cleaned up its goopy mess.






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June 27 2010

Tracking sea turtles on their hidden travels

Bond, a green turtle from Dry Tortugas, wears a tag that lets scientists keep track of him during his travels.Tracking the turtles will reveal where they spend their days so that habitat managers can protect these areas.






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June 12 2010

Minnesota asks drivers to brake for turtles

Why did the turtle cross the road?

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May 19 2010

Indonesian police seize 71 giant turtles in Bali

Giant sea turtles are sprayed with water after they were seized from poachers, at Bali's police headquarters in Denpasar, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Balinese police seized a total of seventy illegal sea turtles.  (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)Indonesian police have confiscated 71 endangered giant sea turtles from a food stall on the resort island of Bali, an officer said Wednesday.






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May 5 2010

Sea turtles killed in rush to get fish, shrimp?

A dead sea turtle lies on a beach in Waveland, Mississippi, on Wednesday. None of the dead turtles found recently along the Gulf Coast had ingested oil, leading officials to investigate whether shrimp nets are responsible.Officials are investigating whether aggressive shrimpers are causing the deaths of endangered sea turtles that have been washing up on Gulf Coast beaches with no signs of oil.






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March 11 2010

Help on way for loggerhead turtles?

A loggerhead escapes a fishing net that has a built-in escape hatch for turtles. Activists want the federal government to require such nets in U.S. waters.The Obama administration recommends listing seven populations of loggerhead turtles as endangered, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry.






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