Great Migrations
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By , on November 3rd, 2010 3 comments   Adaptations, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Reviews   , , , , , ,  

Christmas Island red crab migration. Each year they travel from the forest to the seashore to breed. National Geographic embarked on an ambitious two and a half year film project, covering over 420,000 square miles, and telling the story of animal movements for a wide variety of animals. There are several awestruck moments. One of . . . → Read More: Great Migrations

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Friday Deep-sea Picture: Basking Shark
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By , on May 8th, 2009 7 comments   New Research, Organisms   , , ,  

Photo by Chris Gotschalk, from Wikimedia Commons. Basking sharks can measure 35 feet or longer, are known to live in temperate waters around the world, but their wintering grounds were unknown until very recently. Discovery News reports that satellite tags placed by Greg Skomal of Massachusetts Marine Fisheries are bringing new revelations about these mysterious . . . → Read More: Friday Deep-sea Picture: Basking Shark

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Satellite tracked sea turtle swims in Google Ocean
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By , on February 7th, 2009 4 comments   Pictures and Movies   , , ,  

Adelita the Loggerhead migration with Google Ocean from Wallace J. Nichols on Vimeo Adelita was the first loggerhead turtle tracked from Baja California Sur by J Nichols and Seaturtle.org, and the first satellite tracked animal to swim across an entire ocean…a paradigm shifting event. Now, Adelita’s the first turtle to swim through Google’s Ocean, . . . → Read More: Satellite tracked sea turtle swims in Google Ocean

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Leatherback turtles: one year later
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By , on April 9th, 2008 7 comments   Uncategorized   , ,  

Do you remember the Great Turtle Race? It was one year ago. A dozen satellite tagged sea turtles went to sea. But what happened to those turtles? How far did they go? What did they do after reaching the ‘finish line’ ? . . . → Read More: Leatherback turtles: one year later

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