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The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter. http://www.physorg.com/news180784084.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:00:04 EST news180784084 (AP) -- Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news178530601.html Biology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news178530601 (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) -- Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report. http://www.physorg.com/news175141782.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:30:24 EST news175141782 An Australian veterinary student said Monday she has documented the country's first known case of a bred-in-captivity turtle acquiring a highly infectious disease which could potentially spread to humans. http://www.physorg.com/news173940638.html Biology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:10:01 EST news173940638 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Exeter scientists are part of the first team to monitor a sea turtle's journey from the Turks and Caicos Islands. The adult female green turtle, named ‘Suzie` by local fishermen, was fitted with a satellite transmitter tag. http://www.physorg.com/news173713145.html Biology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:30:01 EST news173713145 (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 University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers exploring strategies for conserving the Diamondback Terrapin along Alabama's Dauphin Island coastline are working to keep the once-celebrated turtle off the endangered species list. http://www.physorg.com/news172847683.html Biology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:07 EST news172847683 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) -- The rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its population, researchers said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news171537403.html Biology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:17:24 EST news171537403 (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 (AP) -- Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing. http://www.physorg.com/news164735717.html Biology Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:01 EST news164735717 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 Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives. http://www.physorg.com/news164114321.html Space & Earth Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:19:03 EST news164114321 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) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news161026326.html Other Sciences Fri, 08 May 2009 18:32:23 EST news161026326 (PhysOrg.com) -- Michael Knell carried a 75-million-year-old turtle into Bozeman Deaconess hospital recently, then laid it carefully on the bed that slides into the CT scanner. http://www.physorg.com/news159024390.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:27:52 EST news159024390 (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 (AP) -- Surging demand for turtle meat in southeast Asia has prompted a huge jump in turtle harvesting, leading to concerns that populations of the reptiles could suffer permanent damage. http://www.physorg.com/news157292567.html Biology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:22:58 EST news157292567 Critically endangered hawksbill turtles are no longer being sold as tourist souvenirs in the Dominican Republic after a powerful government campaign cracked down on shops illegally trading such items. More than 99 percent of these souvenirs have been withdrawn or confiscated the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC reports. http://www.physorg.com/news157202108.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:16:11 EST news157202108 They survived the extinction of the dinosaurs. They're descendants of one of the oldest family trees in history, spanning 100 million years. But today leatherback turtles, the most widely distributed reptiles on Earth, are threatened with extinction themselves, in large part due to the carelessness of humans. http://www.physorg.com/news156179879.html Biology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:18:07 EST news156179879 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 Turtles nesting along the Mississippi River and other areas are altering their nesting dates in response to rising temperatures, says a researcher from Iowa State University. http://www.physorg.com/news145210142.html Biology Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:09:02 EST news145210142 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 With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters though they are, the population of leatherbacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean has plummeted by over 90 percent in the last 20 years. http://www.physorg.com/news135319394.html Biology Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:43:14 EST news135319394