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Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...
Anastasia State Park's Sea Turtle Inclusive Playground offers accessibility for wheelchairs and mobility devices.
A green sea turtle in Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium has been given another chance at life thanks to a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness.
Turtles like Charlotte with positive buoyancy syndrome (also called bubble butt syndrome) have difficulty maintaining their buoyancy when they swim. CREDIT: Formlabs.
Despite an extensive search and the use of a depth-scanner, MERR representatives have not been able to locate the endangered ...
A Hawksbill sea turtle is seen swimming on January 14, 2012 at Lady Elliot Island, Australia. Hawksbill sea turtles face poaching due to their shells which are prized as pieces of decoration.
They found that some of the penguins, turtles, and whales in the available data travelled at about three times their body diameter down from the surface in a drag-reducing sweet spot.
An estimated 1.1 million sea turtles were illegally harvested from 1990 to 2020 — but today poaching poses less of a threat to these endangered reptiles.