Deep Sea News is proud to present the Iron Turtle award in partnership with Conservation International and National Geographic. The official press release follows. Academic…
View More World champion leatherback wins Iron Turtle awardTag: Great Turtle Race
Iron Turtle victory for Cali
The winner in the Great Turtle Race 2009 Iron Turtle Competition is Cali, a leatherback turtle from Bullis Charter School in Palo Alto, California. The…
View More Iron Turtle victory for CaliTurtles Galore!
It has been an unofficial Turtle Week here at Deep Sea News with all the excitement surrounding the Great Turtle Race! The winner has been…
View More Turtles Galore!Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race
Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” is declared the victor in the Great Turtle Race, the first leatherback sea turtle to arrive in the Caribbean Sea from foraging…
View More Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean raceSylvia’s Earth Day fantasy, to be a turtle
Her Deepness, the Sturgeon General, is in the house! National Geographic Explorer Dr Sylvia Earle posts her own Earth Day fantasy “I wish I was…
View More Sylvia’s Earth Day fantasy, to be a turtleDeep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles
An article by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News. The deep-sea is as far removed from atmospheric oxygen as anyplace on Earth, but a select…
View More Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtlesSea turtle round-up
We might as well call it Turtle Week at DSN. The Boss suggested we put together a few highlights from DSN stories that rolled out…
View More Sea turtle round-upThe “Leathery Turtle”
This originally posted here during Megavertabrate Week in 2007. I’m reposting it here in honor of the Great Turtle Race of 2009! Good luck turtles!…
View More The “Leathery Turtle”Cali the turtle “spinning in circles”
I signed up for daily updates on the Great Turtle Race from Conservation International, hoping to get some insights on the pace of the race,…
View More Cali the turtle “spinning in circles”TGIF: Carl Safina on the Great Turtle Race
Dr. Carl Safina is one of the great ocean communicators. But can he speak turtle? Here Carl is photographed coaching one the the Leatherback turtles…
View More TGIF: Carl Safina on the Great Turtle Race