Greens and fibropapillomatosis
Editor’s note: This is part of a series highlighting the seven species of sea turtles during #SeaTurtleWeek. A different species will be highlighted each day. For more information on other Sea Turtle Week activities...
Category: greens
Unafraid: The Green Sea Turtles of La Jolla Cove
By Emily Skinner Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as well. Please...
Juvenile green sea turtle set to be released
Juvenile green sea turtle Scatman John will be released back into the ocean on Tuesday, Oct. 22, after a two-month stay at Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center. The release will be at 10...
Losing track of Apollo
By Dean Bagley, UCF Marine Turtle Research Group Hi everybody!I am, once again, delivering bad news. We lost track of Apollo on Oct. 3, two days after the last update. He was still in...
Losing track of Jack
By Dean Bagley, UCF Marine Turtle Research Group Hello all! I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. We’ve lost Jack, as of Sept. 21, 2019, just five days after the last update. He gave...
Jack keeps us guesing
By Dean Bagley, UCF Marine Turtle Research Group We have been so very lucky… again…. Thank goodness Dorian stayed offshore. I am heartbroken at what it did to the Bahamas and the folks who...
In The Loop
By Dean Bagley, UCF Marine Turtle Research Group Jack, one of the male green sea turtles being tracked, has given us something fun to look at. The same day as our last update, he...
Checking in on Jack and Apollo
By Dean Bagley, UCF Marine Turtle Research Group Jack continues to stay out in the Gulf. I wish I could tell you more about it, but there do not seem to be any structures...
Nesting numbers on record pace
Our survey volunteers are keeping extra busy this season, and nesting activity continues at a record pace. As of July 31, teams had documented 513 loggerhead nests, five green nests and three leatherback nests...
Sea turtles and the environment
By Andrea Jackson The Sea Turtle Preservation Society’s motto is “Helping sea turtles survive.” The question is, why? Besides the obvious bottom of the food chain contribution, what makes sea turtles so worth...