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Sea turtles

Antonio Lopez makes markings in the sand to show what sea turtle tracks look like.

From the desert to the sea, CRRIFS cares for and protects San Carlos wildlife

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CRRIFS, a wildlife rescue in San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Mexico, helps protect sea turtles and other animals facing threats from human activity. Many volunteers make their work possible.

A sea turtle heads back to the ocean after the tortugueros have finished gathering data on it

Kino Bay’s Becerra family gave up traditional fishing to focus on saving sea turtles

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A Florida nail technician helped researchers develop a tracking device for endangered sea turtles

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As climate changes, one species faces extinction by becoming exclusively female

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High demand for sea turtles in China sends poachers toward Philippines

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Sea Turtle Paternity Test

Sea turtle scientist Peter Dutton recently found a way to test sea turtle paternity. This breakthrough will help scientists estimate turtle population size, resilience, and sex ratios as the oceans warm.

Turtle Rescue

For the past twenty years, the New England Aquarium has been partnering with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to rescue endangered sea turtles who become too cold as water cools in autumn in Cape Cod Bay and get stranded on the beach. Again this year, there are more of these hypothermic turtles than ever in need of help. But thanks to volunteers at, many of these endangered creatures will be rescued, rehabilitated, and released.

Turtles Find Themselves in the Middle of Political Rift in Cyprus

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Sea turtles on the island of Cyprus are endangered because of politics that divide the island’s Greeks and Turks, their governments and their scientists. They’re threatened by human activities on both sides of the island as well.

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Sea Turtle Poaching and High Demand in China

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The Chinese have a taste for turtle, and that’s led to a rise in poaching endangered sea turtles off the coast of the Philippines. Some Philippines military leaders think the poachers may also be doing lead work for the Chinese military.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… It’s time once again for lady green sea turtles to do what they’ve done every year for the past 200 million years or so, trundle ashore to lay their eggs.

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