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Migration Data Helps Protect Leatherbacks Across Oceans
Data from a TNC-lead tagging study reveals the epic migrations of leatherback turtles.
Meet the Leatherback: A Giant, Deep-Diving Migrant of the Open Seas
What dives deeper than a submarine, swims across oceans, is covered in polka-dots, and has a mouth straight out of a horror movie?
The Search for America’s Tiniest Turtles
In Massachusetts, a team is restoring wetlands and using some old-school ways to track bog turtles process.
Sea Turtles Are Under Threat from Small-Scale Fisheries
Free divers are fishing turtles at unsustainble levels in the Solomon Islands.
To Monitor Loggerhead Turtles, Scientists Look to Their Eggs
In Georgia, scientists are using “genetic tagging” to track nesting loggerheads in one of the world's longest-running monitoring programs.
It Takes A Village
In the majority of places where conservationists work, our success or failure rides on the backs of the people who live there.
Women Lead Leatherback Conservation in the Solomon Islands
Changing cultural perceptions around gender can’t work without the support of the local communities.
Satellite Tracking the Pacific’s Most Endangered Leatherback Turtles
A new satellite tagging study in the Solomon Islands will help protect critically endangered leatherback sea turtles.
The Fight to Save Western Pacific Leatherbacks
A new monitoring effort will gather information about the world's most endangered population of leatherback sea turtle.
The Field Herper: Finding Reptiles and Amphibians for Fun
Herping, finding reptiles and amphibians, is growing as a hobby.
The Love Stories of Sleepy Lizards
Meet the world's only monogamous reptile - the sleepy lizard - and the dedicated scientists who study it.
Satellite Tracking Leads to Action for Hawksbill Sea Turtles
New science on hawksbill sea turtles in the Solomon Islands provided critical information to strengthen protection for turtles on their nesting grounds.
