Oceanography
How do sea turtles find their eggs?
The female turtle swims back to where they were born to spawn using special magnetic signs along the coast.
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Oceanography
Scary jaws of leather turtles
Inverted sharp spines in the throat in both the upper jaw and lower jaw are characteristics that help the leather turtle hold food in its mouth.
Oceanography
Unknown story about giant turtle, weighing nearly 1 ton
Sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea, known as the largest turtle on the planet.
Oceanography
The only marine turtle hospital in the world
A village in Hainan Province (China) has the world's only sea turtle floating hospital to care for this endangered animal, according to UPI news agency.
Oceanography
Catch 150kg turtle in Quang Ninh
According to Vu Trong Nhien, 56 years old, living in Quang Ha town, Hai Ha district, on March 20, many people dragged each other into the boat of a fisherman named Son w…
Oceanography
Revealing the strange sex life of the extremely rare turtle
Previously, the sex life of the extinct Hawksbill sea turtle was always unknown to scientists. Now, this question has been answered.
Oceanography
Catch sea turtles weighing over 300kg
Around 8 am 9/11, while fishing in the area about 500m from the shore, fishermen Ngo Minh Hoa, residing in Ngu Thuy Trung commune, Le Thuy district (Quang Binh) discover…
Oceanography
Philippine Navy saves sea turtles
The Navy and the Philippine environmental workers saved 14 sea turtles after they caught the poachers' nets. AFP said the Philippine Department of Environment staff and…
Oceanography
Trace the leather turtle by satellite
Using satellites to track journeys and traces of leather turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is a new discovery promising to effectively support the conservation of rare turt…
Oceanography
Turtle lays eggs 'heat resistance'
British scientists claim that some species of sea turtles have evolved to produce heat-resistant eggs to deal with hot sand on beaches that are inhabited by them.
Oceanography
Sea turtles are about to become extinct?
In a statement (September 29), the World Animal Conservation Organization said that sea turtles living in marine areas of countries such as India, Bangladesh, and Sri La…
Oceanography
Rescuing Vietnamese sea turtles
Dr. Peter Todd - former volunteer of VSA (New Zealand Volunteer Supply Organization) - had an article sent to the Environment page to call for the rescue of Vietnamese s…
Oceanography
Plastic garbage can cause sea turtles to become extinct
Sea turtles are at risk of extinction because they eat plastic bags that they mistakenly think are jellyfish.
Oceanography
Sea turtles cause fever on YouTube
A Caribbean sea turtle has turned itself. Images are posted on YouTube and quickly attract the attention of the online community.
Oceanography
Watch sea turtles by satellite
Conservation International - Conservation International has launched a satellite turtle monitoring program. Environmentalists will oversee the migration of 11 leather tu…