All Blog Posts Tagged 'endangered' (2)

By Mary Thurwachter



January’s longer-than-ever cold snap had us all crawling under our covers and turning up the heat. But for sea turtles, warming up wasn’t so easy.

When the water dropped below the normal body temperature of the cold-blooded sea turtles, their metabolic rate dropped as well. They became lethargic and stopped swimming and eating. Many were left floating, and sometimes washed ashore.

By the middle of the month,… Continue

By Nirvi Shah



Loggerhead sea turtles nested in smaller numbers this year than they did 20 years ago, says one international research and advocacy group pushing to change loggerheads’ status from threatened to endangered.

“The data is disappointing but not surprising,” said Kerri Lynn Miller, a marine scientist at Oceana.

“The downward trend will only continue unless permanent protections are established.”

The group said 90 percent of loggerhead nesting in the United… Continue