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As the official announcer for The Great Turtle Race, I'm pleased to bring you this breaking coverage. I interviewed Spike the Iguana, who saw the turtle ladi...
26 sie 2023 · During the summer months, leatherback turtle hatchlings emerge to take their journey. while most will be eaten by birds and bigger fish, one or a few will ma...
9 lis 2017 · How big are leatherback sea turtles? How do they swim? Find this out and more in this video about leatherbacks in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Starting today, users of Google Earth 5 can follow the migration of the Pacific leatherback sea turtle across the ocean, tracking their movements over time in an interactive, 3-D ocean world!
26 maj 2024 · While dives hundreds of feet down are the norm for leatherbacks, some turtles will occasionally descend to extraordinary depths. A leatherback tagged by Nature Conservancy scientists in 2023 recently broke the record for the deepest dive ever recorded by a marine reptile.
Now leatherbacks are engaged in another race, a race for survival. Leatherbacks at Las Baulas National Marine Park are in great peril. Although the beach is secure in the Park, the turtles are still facing threats from fishing activity in the ocean.
Leatherbacks are one of the species of sea turtles that do not nest close to or behind the vegetation line, making their nests more susceptible to rising tides and beach erosion. By studying leatherback sea turtles and the threats facing their survival, we can open the doors to conversations about the biggest threats facing our oceans today.
