Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes.
Marine turtles are vanishing from Viet Nam’s waters and illegal trade is largely to blame says a new study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network
Florida accounts for 90 percent of the nation's loggerhead nests, which have dwindled by half since 1998. The most recent count, according to figures just released, shows the state down another...
A WWF survey has discovered several marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species.
The survey -...
The slaugther of Seaturtles in Bali
The Island of Bali in Indonesia has been the hub of the sea turtle trade for two decades. The buyers of turtle meat, shells and eggs are mainly found in the...
Sea turtles remember their favourite feeding sites, according to a study that explains why the endangered animals travel hundreds of miles back to the 'foraging grounds', retracing the same route....
