In the last several days, the Network For Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) has reported on the number of cold-stunned turtles that have been rescued, and which species are most likely to be stranded.
The first cold-stunned turtles arrived on November 29. Cold-stunning occurs when water temperatures in local sounds drop ...
Outer Banks Voice It’s been an average year so far for cold-stunned sea turtles on the Outer Banks, according to Christian Legner, Associate Director of Roanoke Island Aquarium. She ...
If you’re visiting Pensacola Beach over the next few days, there’s a chance you might stumble upon a seemingly immobile sea turtle washed up on the shore due to the recent cold weather in the ...
Over 160 cold-stunned sea turtles are being rehabilitated at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center (S.T.A.R.) ...
MANTEO, N.C. — The winter season's change in temperatures impacts not just humans but sea creatures as well. Each year from December to at least February, organizations like the Network for Endangered ...
The turtle was previously picked up by the New York Marine Rescue Center and was being tracked, so the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry employees knew the turtle, named Arugula, was near. At 9 a.m.
Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...
Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of ...