Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes.
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...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of persons...
Heavy rain and surf continued to erode beaches Tuesday, threaten coastal structures and wash out the eggs of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
Brevard County officials plan to check area...
Alarmed by reports of rampant poaching in Philippine waters, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza will call to meeting officials of the embassies of China and other countries to put a stop to what he...
Tens of Thousands of Loggerheads Killed Annually By Destructive Fishing Gear
Washington (Sept 13, 2007) - All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data...
Malaysia is studying a plan to clone leatherback turtles, an endangered species that scientists believe once swam with dinosaurs, an official said Thursday.
But some biologists say the plan is...
They outlived dinosaurs, only to wind up on the endangered species list. Now, leatherback turtles are poised to make something of a mild resurgence this year.
With a few weeks to go in the...
Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtles in the world, have found their way back to Texas beaches in record numbers this year.
As of Tuesday, 118 nests had been found, breaking...
New research by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientists suggests that for endangered sea turtles the lights may hold a fatal attraction. ...
