Part of Turtle Island Restoration Network’s mission is to support and encourage the next generation of conservationists. Our residential internship program does just that by providing an opportunity for interns…
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Cuando la liberaron en mar abierto con un transmisor satelital (marca) los primeros días de junio, no se tenía la certeza de que su travesía de 788 kilómetros se convertiría…
By Harvey Rice GALVESTON – When a nest laid by an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was found in a pile of seaweed on Surfside Beach last week, it confirmed…
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California’s massive drought has spelled bad news for many of the state’s fish. But in a strange twist, it appears to have been a boon to coho salmon migrating from a Northern California creek.
By Harvey Rice GALVESTON – Scientists and sea turtle advocates worry that the unusually large influx of sargassum onto Gulf Coast beaches is posing a threat to endangered turtles and…
“It’s kind of a fluke of nature that allowed those fish to survive in the first place, and now these fish are leaving during an El Nino event,” said Todd Steiner, executive director of the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, which assists with the annual salmon count. “El Nino usually means less deep-ocean upwellings and therefore less food in the ocean, so we may still end up with less fish returning.”
One normal migration for turtles, one giant discovery for humankind. With his 14-day journey from the waters of Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park to the Galapagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador, “Sanjay,” an endangered green sea turtle, established the first direct migration link between the two protected areas.
Sanjay, un macho adulto de tortuga marina verde, venció la hostilidad de las flotas pesqueras americanas y asiáticas en el Océano Pacífico y completó una histórica migración marítima.
First Scientific Proof of Migration Paths & Connection Between Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Olema, Calif (June 19, 2014) – Sanjay, a 53 kilogram (117 pounds)…