Posts Tagged ‘Sea turtles’
Tales from the field: Part II
Written By Kathy Worley, Senior Biologist – Coastal Ecology Another sea turtle season is winding down and it has been a stellar year for our four-flippered friends. I was out…
Read MoreTales from the field: Part I
Written by Kathy Worley, Acting Director of Environmental Science and Coastal Ecologist I was out on Keewaydin Island the other day, dodging, or rather trying to dodge, the storms, and…
Read MoreLoggerhead sea turtles released after months of rehabilitation
“They are 10 minutes out!” To those of us there to volunteer, 10 minutes standing on the beach seemed like forever. Having spent more than 20 years researching and protecting…
Read MoreCelebrating Endangered Species Day Fifty Years After the Passage of the Pivotal Endangered Species Act
Written By Amber Crooks, Environmental Policy Manager Florida is one of our planet’s global biodiversity hotspots. We also have many rare fish, wildlife, and plant species that are found nowhere…
Read MoreAdventures of Doodler and a Hobbit
A biologist’s recap on deploying a satellite transmitter on a sea turtle In 1995, the Conservancy’s sea turtle biologists first encountered Doodler, a loggerhead sea turtle. Her carapace (shell) measured…
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