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The Wider Image: Love of sea turtles turns Philippine poachers into protectors

Science Mar 08

Scientists shed new light on the mysterious ‘lost years’ of sea turtles

By John Yang, Kaisha Young

Science Apr 06

SavingSpecies
Watch 1:16
Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia

On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center teamed up with volunteers from Northeast aquariums and conservation groups to move…

By John Yang, Kaisha Young

Science Nov 24

Loggerhead turtle
Florida sees record year for sea turtles, but climate change threatens survival

Only one in 1,000 hatchlings lives to adulthood and climate change is threatening their species as beaches disappear under rising seas.

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Science May 22

A footprint is seen in the sand on Bikeman Islet located off South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati...
Analysis: We shed our DNA everywhere we go. Here’s why that raises privacy concerns

Environmental DNA provides a wealth of information for conservationists, archaeologists and forensic scientists. But the unintentional pickup of human genetic information raises ethical questions.

By Jenny Whilde, Jessica Alice Farrell, The Conversation

Nation Sep 27

Kemp's Ridley turtle crawls to the sea.
Scientists are shocked as a tiny endangered sea turtle returns to the Gulf Coast

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles decades ago.

By Roby Chavez

Jan 17

Reporter’s Notebook: Waiting in the dark for sea turtles to nest

By Lorna Baldwin

To find a sea turtle as she lay her nest, we had a few rules to follow.

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Jan 17

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Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs

By John Yang

One of the world’s most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS trackers in nesting…

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Sep 16

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Climate change is hurting the sex lives of sea turtles

By PBS News Hour

Sea turtles have been around for about 110 million years, but climate change is causing trouble by threatening their nests and decreasing the number of potential male mates. NewsHour science producer Nsikan Akpan talks to Gwen Ifill about the turtle’s…

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Sep 16

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PBS NewsHour full episode September 16, 2015

By PBS News Hour

Wednesday on the NewsHour, what to expect from the second 2016 Republican debate. Also: the science behind the rampant wildfires in the West, senior intelligence officials are accused of altering reports on the Islamic State, India’s “Henry Ford” of heart…

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Sep 16

How rising seas could sink the sea turtle

By Nsikan Akpan

Climate change and sea level rise do more than just wash away sea turtle habitat.

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