As part of a research program to understand the ecology and movements of sharks and sea turtles within and beyond the borders of Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park (Cocos), participants spent seven days at Cocos capturing and tagging sea turtles and sharks.
When the National Marine Fisheries Service released its first National Bycatch Report, the expert summary of U.S. fisheries impacts to endangered sea turtles compiled from the 500 plus page report…
These photos of Curtis Island and Gladstone Harbor at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area provides a stark perspective on the destruction. The four LNG…
The federal governments of the United States and Mexico today released final revisions to the Gulf of Mexico Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Recovery Plan, underscoring oil and gas development as…
After a four-year battle, the Sea Turtle Restoration Project won enhanced and desperately needed protections for Pacific loggerhead sea turtles resulting in news coverage across the nation. The Obama Administration…
Rare Sea Turtles Protected Worldwide; Five Populations Now Listed as Endangered WASHINGTON— The Obama administration today designated the North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle as endangered under the Endangered Species Act….
I was thrilled to learn of the latest victory in the campaign to halt the cruel practice of shark finning. As an intern with the Sea Turtle Restoration Project of…