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Tag: Great Turtle Race

Conservation & Environment

World champion leatherback wins Iron Turtle award

Peter Etnoyer May 5, 2009 Bryan WallaceBullis Charter Schoolconservation internationalEric ShanteauGreat Turtle RaceleatherbackPearl JamSara Campbellsea turtle

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…

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Conservation & Environment

Iron Turtle victory for Cali

Peter Etnoyer May 5, 2009 Bullis Charter SchoolGreat Turtle Raceleatherback turtle

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…

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Turtles Galore!

Kevin Zelnio April 29, 2009 Brian SkerryGreat Turtle Raceleatherback turtleNational Geogsea turtleTim Appenzeller

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…

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Conservation & Environment Scientist!

Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race

Peter Etnoyer April 29, 2009 CanadaCaribbeanFrench GuianaGeorges - Great TurtleGreat Turtle RaceJean-Yves GeorgesleatherbackNova ScotiaPearl Jamsea turtleWawa Bear

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…

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Organisms

Sylvia’s Earth Day fantasy, to be a turtle

Peter Etnoyer April 23, 2009 conservation internationalEarth DayGreat Turtle Racesylvia earle

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…

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Adaptations Organisms

Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles

Peter Etnoyer April 21, 2009 Bryan WallaceCanadaGreat Turtle Raceleatherback turtleNova ScotiaNova Scotia Canadasatellite telemetrysea turtleUnited Kingdom

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…

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Organisms Reviews

Sea turtle round-up

Peter Etnoyer April 20, 2009 DorismarGreat Turtle Raceleatherbacksea turtle

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…

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Adaptations

The “Leathery Turtle”

Kevin Zelnio April 20, 2009 Best of Zelniochemical signalsDermochelys coriaceafoodGreat Turtle RaceHatchingjellyfishLeathbackNestingNutritionsea turtleswimmingTemperature-Dependent Sex Determination

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!…

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Education Organisms

Cali the turtle “spinning in circles”

Peter Etnoyer April 18, 2009 Great Turtle RaceRowdy Gaines

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,…

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Conservation & Environment Industry & Government Organisms Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Carl Safina on the Great Turtle Race

Peter Etnoyer April 17, 2009 CaribbeanCarl SafinaGreat Turtle Raceleatherback turtleOlympic swim coachRowdy Gainessylvia earle

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…

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