Baby sea turtles found vulnerable to plastic ingestion
Biologists found pieces of plastic in the digestive tracts of baby sea turtles of four species. The amount of plastic found was up to 0.9 percent of the animals’ weight.
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by Irving Greenholt 
Fishing banned in new marine protected area around Ascension Island
A new marine protected area is being created near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, an area twice as large as the area…
Study: sea turtles eat plastic because it smells like food to them
Scientists have discovered that sea turtles consume plastic debris not because of its visual resemblance to their prey, but because of its edible odor. The discovery sheds light on why many sea creatures die.
Sea Turtles Under Threat
For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have lived in the world’s oceans. Today, however, the survival of these living witnesses to the age of the dinosaurs is threatened.
Latin America has listened to the problem of plastic straws
At first glance, straws for drinks seem harmless enough: thin, no longer than 20 centimeters, they decorate cocktails, juices and other drinks. However, they are among the top ten plastic products littering the oceans and coasts.
Sea turtles have started laying eggs on crowded Spanish beaches
Several biodiversity organizations on Spain’s Mediterranean coast have discovered sea turtle egg clutches on crowded beaches from the Costa Brava to the Strait of Gibraltar.
Which sea turtles live in the Mediterranean Sea?
The Mediterranean has 46,000 km of coastline and covers 2.5 million km2 , which is less than 1% of the total ocean surface. Known as a global biodiversity hotspot, it is home to six of the seven species of sea turtles.
Sea Turtles – Our New Superheroes
There are a total of seven species of sea turtles living on the planet-head sea turtles, Atlantic ridleys and olive ridleys, green turtles, bisected sea turtles, and Australian sea turtles.