Posts Tagged ‘Turtles’
Tunisian Rehab Barge Offers Hope For Vulnerable Sea Turtles
On a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in. The barge, used to treat injured loggerhead turtles, is the first floating rehabilitation centre for the species in the Mediterranean, its organisers say.…
Read MoreChinese Woman Caught Trying to Smuggle Dozens of Turtles from US to Canada by Inflatable Kayak
ATHENS – AUGUST 26: A kayaker warms up before the men’s K-1 500 metre semifinal on August 26, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre in Athens, Greece. Latin Times A Chinese woman admitted to smuggling 29 protected box turtles across the U.S.-Canada border using an…
Read MoreWarming Beaches Threaten Yemen Sea Turtles’ Future
On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction. With sands made hotter by climate change, eggs are rarely yielding male turtles, which require cooler temperatures during the incubation period. Studies…
Read MoreHatching Leatherback Turtles Get Helping Hand On Thai Beach
Leatherbacks are the world’s largest sea turtle and a rarity in Thailand thanks to habitat loss, plastic pollution and consumption of their eggs AFP It is past midnight on a beach in southern Thailand and 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai is anxiously staring at a leatherback turtle nest, waiting for scores of the endangered hatchlings to scrabble…
Read MoreSharks, Turtles, Disease On Agenda Of Wildlife Trade Summit
Human demand for shark fin soup, particularly in East Asia, has threatened shark populations The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, starting Monday, that will also focus on the spread of diseases such as Covid-19. Conservation experts and representatives of more…
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