Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left it with an affliction colloquially referred to as the “bubble butt,” a kind of floating syndrome that makes it ...
BOCA RATON — Eight cold-stunned sea turtles arrived at The Coastal Stewards facility in Boca Raton this month and the nonprofit is asking the public to donate to, and name them. Cold-stunning is ...
The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island has been caring for cold-stunned sea turtles, a few are shown here in one of the temperature-controlled rooms. Photo: Courtesy, Leslie Vegas The hundreds ...
However, as Godfrey points out, tourism has actually helped sea turtle conservation efforts. In Tortuguero, for instance, "tourism saved the largest nesting colony of turtles in the world," Godfrey ...