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Tracking Loggerhead Sea Turtles with Acoustic Telemetry
Thursday, February 23, 2023 by Patience is a virtue! Our Sea Turtle Research team has been putting that adage to good use as we begin to see results from our acoustic telemetry research. In 2021 and 2022, New England Aquarium researchers surgically implanted acoustic tags in loggerhead sea turtles for the very first time. Our goal is to understand the survivorship of rehabilitated sea turtles in the wild over multiple years.
This Earth Day, let’s put wildlife over waste
By Ben Hellerstein and Kara Dodge Monday Apr 22, 2019 at 5:49 AM In the years since Americans celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970, we’ve learned a lot about the rich array of animals, plants, and microorganisms that inhabit our oceans. We’ve also gained some troubling knowledge about the ways in which human activity can have profound and often unintended consequences for our wildlife. Case in point: the devastating impact of plastic pollution in our oceans.
Ocean Plastics: A Big Problem for Endangered Leatherbacks
Plastics are ubiquitous in the modern world. Consider how many plastics we touch in a single day, whether it be a toothbrush, a coffee lid, or a smartphone. It is difficult for us to avoid plastics, and our plastic production and consumption habits have important consequences for our planet’s wildlife. In the marine environment, plastic pollution is a growing global problem.
Leatherback sea turtles use mysterious 'compass sense' to migrate hundreds of miles
Imagine yourself swimming in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic. The color blue dominates this part of the world - there’s nothing to see but a vast expanse of water and sky in all directions. The winds are calm. The water is warm, clear and deep. You have a destination in mind, but how do you choose your direction, and maintain it, day and night, for thousands of miles? Without a compass or GPS for guidance, this would be an impossible task for a human being.
Leatherback Sea Turtles Use Mysterious 'Compass Sense' to Migrate Hundreds of Miles
Leatherback Sea Turtles Use Mysterious 'Compass Sense' to Migrate Hundreds of Miles Imagine yourself swimming in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic. The color blue dominates this part of the world - there’s nothing to see but a vast expanse of water and sky in all directions. The winds are calm. The water is warm, clear and deep. You have a destination in mind, but how do you choose your direction, and maintain it, day and night, for thousands of miles?
Leatherback Sea Turtles Use Mysterious 'Compass Sense' to Migrate Hundreds of Miles
Imagine yourself swimming in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic. The color blue dominates this part of the world – there’s nothing to see but a vast expanse of water and sky in all directions. The winds are calm. The water is warm, clear and deep. You have a destination in mind, but how do you choose your direction, and maintain it, day and night, for thousands of miles? Without a compass or GPS for guidance, this would be an impossible task for a human being.
Tracking sea turtles across hundreds of miles of open ocean
AMHERST, Mass. - Scientists have long known that leatherback sea turtles travel thousands of miles each year through open ocean to get from foraging habitats to nesting beaches and tropical wintering grounds, but how the wanderers find their way has been "an enduring mystery of animal behavior," says marine biologist Kara Dodge. "Adult turtles can pinpoint specific nesting beaches even after being away many years," she notes.
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