Sentences with phrase «by sea turtles»

Thanks to the satellite tracking system used on these turtles, as shown in the photo above, the use of mangroves by sea turtles as places for foraging food has opened up all new possibilities for studying — and saving — these turtles.

She is angry about the extent of the pollution, and holds on to pieces of plastic that have marks of attempted consumption by sea turtles as forensic evidence.

With access to the island by private plane, the resort features 35 villas on white - sand beaches frequented by sea turtles, manta rays and exotic birds.

There is a splendid 17 mile beach on the northcoast of the island, this is usually only used by sea turtles to lay their eggs because of the large mosquito population.

The Irako is popular with divers because it is so well - preserved, has some of the best visibility and is frequented by schools of scorpion fish, tuna, lion fish and inhabited by sea turtles.

After you've strolled among starfish and cruised by sea turtles, head back to the boat for an exhilarating ride atop an inflatable toy that's built to catch big air as it's towed.

Our guides took us to the interior side and back wall of Molokini where there were lots of beautiful fish, and to a great spot to swim by sea turtles.

Where Kayak had been somewhat docile by sea turtle standards before, after her cataract surgery she became considerably more rambunctious — more normal behavior for Loggerheads, who actually tend toward the feisty and don't usually make good roommates in captivity.

A couple weeks ago, Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26 - year - old conservationist, was kidnapped by sea turtle poachers in Costa Rica.

Not exact matches

Dinosaur - Era Climate Change Study Suggests Reasons for Turtle Disappearance Mar. 14, 2013 — The dry, barren prairie around Alberta's Drumheller area was once a lush and subtropical forest on the shores of a large inland sea, with loads of wetlands inhabited by dinosaurs, turtles, crocodiles and small mammals.

In recent years, the fight against ocean plastic pollution has gone from a preoccupation of marine scientists to a movement embraced by everyone from schoolchildren to Queen Elizabeth II, galvanized by images of trash - strewn seas and sea turtles choking on plastic straws and other consumer castaways.

Some gamesome wights will tell you that they have to plant weeds there, they don't grow naturally; that they import Canada thistles; that they have to send beyond seas for a spile to stop a leak in an oil cask; that pieces of wood in Nantucket are carried about like bits of the true cross in Rome; that people there plant toadstools before their houses, to get under the shade in summertime; that one blade of grass makes an oasis, three blades in a day's walk a prairie; that they wear quicksand shoes, something like Laplander snowshoes; that they are so shut up, belted about, every way inclosed, surrounded, and made an utter island of by the ocean, that to their very chairs and tables small clams will sometimes be found adhering, as to the backs of sea turtles.

The pioneering loggerhead sea turtle had been plucked from the ocean a few weeks earlier by a Coast Guard vessel and brought to the Aquarium of the Pacific for medical attention, but veterinarians soon decided that the turtle was healthy and could be released.

In sea turtles, sex is determined by the nest's environment: warmer temperatures produce females and cooler temperatures produce males.

Just seconds ago it was dumped into a hole in the sand by a female olive ridley sea turtle.

Sea turtle populations can get by with fewer males than females (SN: 3/4/17, p. 16), but scientists aren't sure how many is too few.

A 20 - year assessment of Nicaragua's legal, artisanal green sea turtle fishery by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Florida has uncovered a stark reality: greatly reduced overall catch rates of turtles in what may have become an unsustainable take.

Without such actions, the Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the Texas facility by the USFWS anticipates that a maximum of 91 nesting sea turtles could be killed or harmed.

Given the turtles» environment, he was not surprised by what he found, Witherington told the 14th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium held last week in South Carolina.

New research indicates that for loggerhead sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic, the number of returning nesting females in the population and favorable climate conditions in the year or two prior to the nesting year are strongly related to the number of nests produced by these animals in a given year.

Dr Kristian Metcalfe, lead author from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC) at the University of Exeter who undertook the coastal survey with colleagues, said: «Conservation efforts for sea turtles can be hampered by their migratory life cycles, which carry them across jurisdictional boundaries and international waters.

Despite their miniature fins, young sea turtles paddle more than many people think they do, he says, meaning these animals could head in directions not decided solely by ocean conditions.

Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been washing up on the shore, sick and stunned by the cold ocean water.

Prescott's team sends the living turtles, often packed in banana boxes, to a sea turtle hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts, run by the New England Aquarium.

Humans are pushing sea turtles to the brink of extinction by entangling them in fishing gear, tossing plastic garbage into their habitats, and building resorts on prime nesting beaches, among other affronts.

Numerous studies have shown that fishing bycatch kills an alarming number of sea turtles each year, and the threats posed by many other human activities are well documented.

Baby sea turtles, however, embark on just such a journey all by themselves shortly after hatching.

Because they don't have an X or Y chromosome, baby sea turtles» sex is defined during development by the incubation environment.

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Earlier work by Kenneth Lohmann of the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, and his colleagues had found that eastern Florida's loggerhead sea turtles sense magnetic fields.

It was estimated by some who viewed the original black - and - white footage that there were more than 40,000 nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtles on the beach that day.

Therefore, Mariana's research has aimed at assessing how sea turtles will be impacted by climate change.

«So much plastic is ending up in the seas to wash up on shorelines or be eaten by turtles, seabirds, and other creatures.

And there is always a «by - catch» where sea turtles, dolphins, and other marine life is incidentally caught and killed during fishing.

Taking a much needed break down by the sea and doing some cute turtle watching in Sattahip, Thailand.

See the turtle eggs hatching by the sea (your kids are going to love that).

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With her clownfish pals in tow, she sets off to reunite with her family, once again propelled by the surf - dude sea turtle Crush (himself once again voiced by the movie's director, Andrew Stanton).

Your students can follow the footsteps of real scientists by examining the latest information in sea turtle research.

You can help the Honokowai honu and all sea turtles by exposing your students to their situation with materials from Turtle Trax and other related Web sites.

Give students a few ideas by reading a book about sea turtles, watching a nature - themed DVD about the reptiles, or visiting the library before students tackle this work sheet.

They also work to stop the illegal trade in internationally - protected sea turtles and rescue cows and water buffalo too old or injured to be kept by their previous owners.

The 2 - or 3 - year - old turtle, which has yet to be named by staffers at the aquarium's sea turtle hospital in Quincy, is believed to be the first in the decades - long history of the aquarium's rescue program to have been born with only one lung, according to Senior Biologist Julika Wocial.

Our exclusive tours offer a rare glimpse into animal care on the wild side, from swimming side - by - side with gentle manatees to getting up close and personal with sea turtles and otters.

In Florida, endangered species that are seriously impacted by hunting cats include Key Largo cotton mouse, Key Largo woodrat, Lower Florida Keys marsh rabbit, Choctawhatchee beach mouse, Perdido Key beach mouse, green sea turtle, roseate tern, least tern and the Florida scrub jay.

Defined by unspoilt rainforests, pristine coral water, and marine life such as herons, green sea turtles, dugongs and a myriad of colourful fish; Hinchinbrook Island is really a nature lover's paradise.

We'll anchor to swim in coves inhabited by green and hawksbill sea turtles and snorkel spots rich in tropical fish, rays, and other marine life.

So is watching a turtle breathe or being mesmerized by dancing sea jellies... Read More