Sentences with phrase «sea turtle found»

He also helped unite two fossil fragments from the same prehistoric sea turtle found in different sites.

Researchers investigating the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sea turtles found that over 320,000 juvenile sea turtles from populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean were likely present in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the 87 - day oil spill.

The beaches inside the park are an important nesting ground for all four species of sea turtles found in the Caribbean.

Sea turtles found on the North Ambergris Caye nesting beach (Robles Point to Rocky Point) have been afforded some protection under the Ambergris Caye Master Plan.

Yet mangroves are under just as much threat as the sea turtles found living there.

Not exact matches

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.

We were off to the aquarium, and along the way we passed a beautiful beach on top of a cliff (complete with hammocks), the biggest sea turtles I'd ever seen (right under my feet) and several tanks of baby turtles dashing about like Squirt from Finding Nemo, a large lagoon full of snorkelers, and a little man - made beach off the lagoon where tiny tots paddled about.

Cool features include sea turtles, sharks, and all the characters from Finding Nemo in one tank (for reals!)!

Over the past several years, Widmer says, salmon catches have «gotten worse and worse and worse,» while leatherback sea turtles, in order to find their food, have had to go «farther and farther offshore.»

Hatchling sea turtles face daunting odds in surviving to adulthood, and only a few find a way.

«Leatherback sea turtles choose nest sites carefully, study finds.»

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.

Those two fungal species show an important adaptation: The optimal growth temperature for the fungi coincides with the range of temperatures that are suitable for the development of sea turtle embryos, the researchers found.

But the finding might also help sea turtle rescue efforts — if programs can identify the locations where the fungal pathogens are likely to become a problem, they can focus their efforts in those spots, remove eggs from those more vulnerable beaches and raise only those eggs into baby turtles.

New research has found that green turtles hatching en masse from their nests «swamp» predators, allowing more individuals to reach the safety of the sea.

Hirayama found a nearly complete fossil of the oldest known sea turtle in a 110 - million - year - old rock collected from the site of an ancient Brazilian sea.

Co-author Dr Matthew Witt from the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter added: «These findings further emphasize the regional and global importance of Gabon's nesting sea turtle populations and places the country in a better position to support and implement measures to protect them.»

Rebecca Lewison, an ecologist at San Diego State University who studies sea turtles, says the findings are important and likely apply to other sea turtle species.

«Based on the animals» morphology and the sediments they were found in, we are certain that we are indeed dealing with the oldest known fossil sea turtle,» adds Cadena in summary.

Tomorrow, a team will report in Nature the discovery of the most primitive turtle fossils yet found, and the data suggest that the newly identified species lived in the sea.

Kenneth Lohmann, a neurobiologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says the findings could lead to advances in his own work on the magnetosensitivity of sea turtles, which travel long distances to their home beaches to lay eggs.

Sea turtles can migrate across the ocean and back, but while Earth's magnetic field plays a role in their navigation, researchers have wondered what other tools turtles use to find safe harbor, particularly at smaller scales.

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.

When the drifter tracks were compared to the sea turtles» movements, the researchers found that the turtles» paths differed significantly from the passive drifters.

Newly examined video of Kemp's ridley sea turtles, which are found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, shows that the species» recovery from endangerment has stalled at less than one - tenth of historic nesting levels.

Magnetite has been found in the beaks of birds, the brains of sea turtles, the tummies of honeybees, and the nasal passages of rainbow trout.

More than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six months after the spill.

This means that the turtles must have found a means to exchange their genes across large distances — and indeed over hundreds of kilometres of sea.

Plastic has been found ingested in 60 percent of marine birds and a whopping 100 percent of sea turtle species.

The flatback sea turtle is found solely on the northern coast of Get help planning your next trip with travel ideas, destination reviews, videos, travel tips and industry news.

Once we found a tank with the most amazing collection of fish — sea horses, killer whales, sharks, sea turtles — but all of them were dead, floating on the surface.

REVIEW: Anyone with an interest in sea turtles and their conservation will find lots of information at this site.

They could use Internet resources to find pictures of actual sea turtle species to use as models for their designs.

Each term related to sea turtles can be found among the jumbled letters in the puzzle.

Sea turtles are large reptiles that can be found in all of the world's oceans except the Arctic, which is too cold.

The important things — school, friends, his grandfather, the sea turtle beach — do not fit in Aref's suitcase, and he finds himself getting in his mother's way while sinking into sadness.

Researchers found that the longest - lived animals, like sea turtles, contain large amounts of SOD, while shorter - lived animals, such as mice, contain only small amounts.

Not surprisingly, being unable to see makes it tough for sea turtles to find enough food.

When you enter the water where I told you to and snorkel south you'll be snorkeling along the 16th green of the Makena South golf course and in one of the best places to find Hawaiian green sea turtles in Maui.

Akumal — which means «place of the turtles» in Mayan — is a nesting and feeding site for green and loggerhead turtles which graze on the sea grasses found off the Yucatan coast.

You can even find endangered species such as green sea turtles...

We did manage to find a tour company to take us out on a snorkel trip and I had the privilege of swimming with a few really cute sea turtles (in murky water).

These beaches are famous as sea turtle breeding grounds and under the shade of trees further up the shore we find deep craters gouged out by the patient effort of scaled flippers.

Just a short boat ride from Keri beach you'll find stunning Turtle Island, offering quiet beaches and sea caves as well as the odd sea turtle if you're lucky.

In 2014, Sandos Hotels saw 64 protected nests, meaning 5,665 baby turtles found their way to the sea safely through this eco friendly program.

Inside the 140,000 square kilometer marine reserve that surrounds these islands, species such as sea lions and penguins, normally indigenous to cooler regions, live side - by - side with a host of sharks, reef fish and sea turtles commonly found in more tropical climates.

Don't be at all surprised if a large sea turtle comes up and finds just the right spot on the beach to perch for hours.

A short stroll to the south you will find Maui's undeveloped four - mile beach perfect for strolling, bird and sea turtle watching, shell collecting, snorkeling and water sports.

Moalboal's real highlight however, is the nearby Pescador island — an uninhabited island where giant shoals of sardines can be found, as well as sea turtles, thresher sharks, mackerels and dolphins who come there for free lunch.

However, what lures most holidaymakers are the vast stretches of pristine beachline and excellent surf breaks, most of which can be found along the east coast where you can also snorkel with sea turtles.