Tag: Turtles - Page 2
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Bringing Black Turtles Back from the Brink With Photography
Have you heard of the black sea turtle? Odds are you haven't. Species like loggerhead, leatherback and hawksbill tend to dominate conservation news headlines. However, the black sea turtle (a morph of the green turtle)
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Rare Hawksbill Sea Turtles Discovered Living In Mangroves
This is a Hawksbill turtle swimming in a coral reef, a place it is expected to be found. However, Hawksbill turtles have found a new place to live -- mangroves. Previously unknown
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4,600 Sea Turtles Killed In US Fisheries Every Year -- But That's Good News
The loss of sea turtles as bycatch among fisheries is heartbreaking. Currently, we kill an estimated 4,600 turtles every year due to fishing -- they are wrapped in the nets or hooked on bait lines
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Dugongs, Turtles Face Mass Starvation After Storm
Northeastern Australia may have dried out after devastating floods hit the area early this year, but for dugongs and turtles off the Queensland coast, the natural disaster's
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In Remote Indonesia, Visit to Green Sea Turtle Hatchery Saves "Max" (Slideshow)
This is Max, at about 12 hours old, windmilling his flippers in the air. He (or perhaps she) is one of 100 baby green sea turtles I helped release into the sea.
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In Remote Indonesia, Visit to Green Sea Turtle Hatchery Saves "Max"
This is Max, at about 12 hours old, windmilling his flippers in the air. He (or perhaps she) is one of 100 baby green sea turtles I helped release into the sea.
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Nesting Turtles Close JFK Runway in 'Zen' Moment
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and severe winter storms in Europe both snarled air
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What Do NYC's Puerto Rican Day Parade and the Environment Have in Common?
This weekend is the huge annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City, and right now you may be wondering why we're choosing to write about it on Treehugger.
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Alexis Madrigal on Powering the Dream (Podcast)
Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and
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Sea Turtle Haven on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast Threatened By Plan to Build 750 New Holiday Homes
Mega-resort development has swallowed up much of Turkey's gorgeous Mediterranean coastline, but there are still some tucked-away spots for those who prefer peace and quiet to discos and umbrella drinks. One of these
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Threatened Tortoises Slow Down Desert Solar Project
The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of
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Tortoise Loses Leg, Learns to Walk With a Wheel
Tortoises are among the oldest species on the planet, remaining virtually unchanged for millions of years -- but sometimes they too need a replacement part every now and then. When a severely injured red-footed tortoise was
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SeaWorld Releases Its 1,000th Rescued Turtle (Video)
Just days ago, a 100 pound loggerhead turtle was released into the waters of Canaveral National Seashore in Florida marking the reaching of a milestone in animal rescue. The unnamed turtle represents the 1,000th to be rescued,
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An Inside Look At a Sea Turtle Hospital (Video)
Curious about what happens in a sea turtle hospital? How do turtles end up there, and how are they rehabilitated? Oceana supporter and actress Lauren Norman visited a Florida sea turtle
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Eating Frogs and Turtles in California Just Got Easier
For those in the market for frogs and turtles sold at live animal markets in California, it's been a difficult year -- but things are looking up. Last March, the state's Department of Fish and Game issued a ban on the
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Carl Safina on Expanding the Circle of Compassion (Podcast)
Things can look pretty grim these days. But to lose touch with wonder, with the mysterious perfection of what's all around us--then we're really in trouble. The newest book from ecologist Carl Safina, The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an
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The Week in Animal News: New Carnivorous Mammal, Celebrity Goose and More (Slideshow)
CuteOverload it's not. This fellow is a newly identified cat-sized species called Durrell's vontsira, found in the wetlands of Madagascar.
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September Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Just like clockwork, as soon as the mercury dropped, the action picked up,
