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• Malaysia: Malacca tops in Hawksbill turtle landings

  
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  Jason Gerald John New Straits Times 20 May 13;CONSERVATION SUCCESS: Padang Kemunting centre hatches 25,300 turtles for release to habitatALOR GAJAH: A total of 25,264 Hawksbill turtles have been successfully hatched at the Turtle Conservation and Information Centre in Padang Kemunting here last year, as part of ...
  3 days ago

• Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexicos Magdalena Bay

  
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  A new short film, Viva la tortuga documents the struggle to save loggerhead and green sea turtles in Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Once a region for a massive sea turtle meat market, the turtles now face a new threat: bycatch. Loggerhead sea turtles are drowning in bottom-set gillnets, unable to escape from the nets once ...
  2 weeks ago

• Indonesia: 2,000 Smuggled Turtle Eggs Seized in Balikpapan

  
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  Tunggadewa Mattangkilang Jakarta Globe 4 May 13; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. About 2,000 eggs from turtles on the verge of extinction in Southeast Sulawesi have been seized by port security in East Kalimantan after they were sent via passenger boat and addressed to a person in Samarinda.Police in Balikpapan seized ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Leatherback Sea Turtle: Dream with the Queen of Cups

  
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  I don’t dream much. Well, I guess that’s probably not true; I’m sure I’m probably dreaming all the time. But I usually wake up not remembering if I dreamed at all. So when I actually remembered a dream recently, I was excited to try a tarot reading to help give me a little insight about it.  The first card I ...
  2 weeks ago

• If You Build Turtles a Home, Will They Live In It?

  
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  U.S. activists have worked tirelessly to ensure that the endangered sea turtles have places to live, eat and breed, and now there’s good news – all of that effort has indeed helped the turtles. A new study shows that green sea turtles are using and thriving in ocean habitats that have been specifically protected for ...
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• Boaters Urged to Slow Down, Watch for Manatees, Sea Turtles

  
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  With sea turtle and manatee sightings on the rise along Georgia’s coast, boaters should be on the lookout for these big and rare animals. Boat strikes are a leading cause of sea turtle strandings and manatee injuries and deaths. Manatees and all sea turtle species found in Georgia are protected by federal and state ...
  3 weeks ago

• 2013 sea-turtle walks: One of Florida’s natural thrills

  
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  Sea-turtle walks are like seeing a National Geographic film in person. But you need reservations to join these night-time beach walks to watch giant sea turtles nesting. Early May is the best time to book a turtle walk because many programs fill up immediately.
  3 weeks ago

• Loggerhead Sea Turtle

  
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  The loggerhead sea turtle is commonly found in U.S. waters. However, due to pollution and developments in their habitats, the species became a part of the threatened or endangered list and with continued relief efforts, hopefully, it can be taken off this list. Loggerhead Sea Turtle   The loggerhead sea ...
  3 weeks ago

• FlipperBot robot locomotion inspired by sea turtle hatchlings

  
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  Collaboration in an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Northwestern University and Temple University led to development of a robot inspired by sea turtle hatchlings. Named FlipperBot, the robot is being developed for better understanding of principles that govern ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sea turtles inspire beach-walking robot

  
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  A sea turtle-inspired robot has been created by a group of researchers in the US to help understand the mechanics of walking and crawling on complex surfaces. Dubbed “Flipperbot”, the...
  4 weeks ago

• Animal Rescue Update: Loggerhead Hatchling Scheduled for Release!

  
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  National Aquarium’s Animal Rescue team has just received word that the loggerhead hatchling we rescued in October has passed his exit exam and will be released off the coast of North Carolina tomorrow (weather permitting)! The loggerhead hatchling during it’s exit exam earlier today! First discovered on ...
  4 weeks ago

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