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Biology Conservation & Environment Mating & Reproduction Special

The Life, and Death, of Jairo

Every year female hawksbill, loggerhead, green, and the massive leatherback sea turtle come to nest on the Atlantic coastline of Costa Rica, each female returning…

Conservation & Environment

World champion leatherback wins Iron Turtle award

Peter Etnoyer May 5, 2009 Bryan Wallace Bullis Charter School conservation international Eric Shanteau Great Turtle Race leatherback Pearl Jam Sara Campbell sea 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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Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race

Peter Etnoyer April 29, 2009 Canada Caribbean French Guiana Georges - Great Turtle Great Turtle Race Jean-Yves Georges leatherback Nova Scotia Pearl Jam sea turtle Wawa 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…

Adaptations Organisms

Gigantothermy: Size Matters

Peter Etnoyer April 23, 2009 Adaptations gigantothermy Jim Spotila leatherback Nova Scotia Canada sea turtle Sherman Bleakney

by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News When you think of cold marine environments, you probably think of blubber-wrapped seals, whales, and walruses, big, furry…

Organisms Reviews

Sea turtle round-up

Peter Etnoyer April 20, 2009 Dorismar Great Turtle Race leatherback sea 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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Jurassic Journey, the Preview

Peter Etnoyer April 19, 2009 documentary John Dutton Jurassic Journey leatherback video

Leatherback turtles are huge! They look like big, black, barnacle-encrusted sea zeppelins, or something. See them in this trailer for Jurassic Journey. The production quality…

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The Great Turtle Race begins again!

Peter Etnoyer April 16, 2009 Amanda Beard Carl Safina Eric Shanteau Galapagos Islands Great Turtle Race Josh Berry leatherback National Geographic olympic swimmer Pearl Jam Rowdy Gaines sea turtle Stone Gossard swimming

In 2007, an inspired group of sea turtle researchers launched an event called the Great Turtle Race, in which they tracked satellite tagged animals across…

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Why would a leatherback turtle dive 1000m deep?

Peter Etnoyer August 8, 2008 deep sea jelly leatherback satellite tracking sea turtle

There are a few theories about why sea turtles make occasional excursions into very deep (> 1000 m) water. These involve escape from predation, thermoregulation, and prey availability. In the first two, sharks are fewer, so turtles can evade predation and “cool off” at the same time. Like ladies tanning on a balcony.