http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help. http://www.physorg.com/news176448931.html Biology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:29 EST news176448931 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear. This marks the first time an ROV has been used to follow turtles in the wild to learn about their behavior and how they interact with their habitat. http://www.physorg.com/news175957620.html Biology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:02 EST news175957620 (AP) -- The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades. http://www.physorg.com/news173298649.html Biology Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:50:02 EST news173298649 Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes. DNA barcodes are short genetic sequences that efficiently distinguish species from each other -- even if the samples from which the DNA is extracted are minute or degraded. Now, a recently published research paper by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Canberra, among other organizations, demonstrates that this technology can be applied to all seven sea turtle species and can provide insight into the genetic structure of a widely-dispersed and ancient group of animals. http://www.physorg.com/news172161756.html Biology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:01 EST news172161756 (AP) -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. http://www.physorg.com/news171177115.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:30:02 EST news171177115 A new NOAA report on the health of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary resources. http://www.physorg.com/news164631624.html Biology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:01:05 EST news164631624 An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. The research, published in the May issue of Biological Conservation, involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a population of between 15,730 and 41,373 female turtles using the nesting beaches. The study highlights the importance of conservation work to manage key sites and protected areas in Gabon. http://www.physorg.com/news161846928.html Biology Mon, 18 May 2009 06:29:26 EST news161846928 (AP) -- Allison, a green sea turtle with only one flipper, has been going around and around and around for most of her life. http://www.physorg.com/news158685631.html Biology Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:23:32 EST news158685631 How marine animals find their way back to their birthplace to reproduce after migrating across thousands of miles of open ocean has mystified scientists for more than a century. But marine biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill think they might finally have unraveled the secret. http://www.physorg.com/news147374782.html Biology Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:26:22 EST news147374782 It's confirmed: Even though flatback turtles dine on fish, shrimp, and mollusks, they are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. New genetic research carried out by Eugenia Naro-Maciel, a Marine Biodiversity Scientist at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, and colleagues clarifies our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among all seven sea turtle species. http://www.physorg.com/news143297635.html Biology Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:53:55 EST news143297635 (PhysOrg.com) -- Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats to loggerhead sea turtle populations. Their findings, published this week, are shocking: almost 3,000 sea turtles were found dead along a 27-mile stretch of coast during a five-year period from 2003 to 2007. http://www.physorg.com/news143218663.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:57:43 EST news143218663