Trash Travels

“Where does all this trash even come from?” A stunned guest watching Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s conservation team sort through beach cleanup debris asks. “Well, this yellow bottle most likely came from the Dominican Republic,” one volunteer offers, holding up a jagged yellow bottle. “See this gray container?” another volunteer pipes in, “this is from West…

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What forensic analysis can teach us about sea turtles and their predators

LMC’s Director of Researcher, Dr. Justin Perrault, discovered an interesting wound on the head of a nesting leatherback sea turtle named Windy. Initially, the team was participating in a larger study documenting injuries on turtles that nest on local beaches monitored by LMC, but this inquiry led them to discover much more. The manuscript recently…

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Can turtles sense a hurricane coming?

Paprika, a loggerhead sea turtle, sensed that Hurricane Ian was on its way. But how did LMC researchers discover this? On April 25, LMC researchers affixed a satellite transmitter to Paprika’s carapace, the top shell, to better understand her movements during the breeding season and follow her post-nesting migration to her foraging grounds. From April…

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Sea Turtle Nesting Season 2020

March Madness takes on another meaning for Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) as sea turtle nesting season kicks off on March 1 and runs through October 31. Sitting on one of the most densely nested sea turtle nesting beaches in the world, LMC has unique and distinct expertise in sea turtle and ocean conservation research.

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