Research
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…
Read MoreCan 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…
Read MoreTwo-Thousandth PIT Tagged Sea Turtle Named “Manire” Pays Tribute to Retiring Dr. Charlie Manire
The sea turtle “Manire” salutes our own Dr. Charlie as he retires from nearly 50 years of veterinary medicine.
Read More2020 Sea Turtle Nesting Season
During the 2020 sea turtle nesting season, LMC documented 16,935 sea turtle nests marking its third-highest season on record.
Read MoreLeatherback Tracks: Visualizing Nature
Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Deaf biologist, Jen Reilly has an eye for visualizing nature and documenting leatherback tracks.
Read MoreOrientation Circles: Sea Turtles at Sunrise
Loggerhead Marinelife Center documents orientation circles of leatherback sea turtles while monitoring and protecting local South Florida beaches.
Read MoreLeatherback Spotlight: “Aussie”
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Leatherback Project, dedicated to researching nesting leatherback sea turtles.
Read MoreResearch Surveys: From Dusk to Dawn
From Dusk to Dawn, LMC Conducts Research Surveys To Protect and Monitor Nesting and Hatching Sea Turtles
Read MoreSea 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.
Read MoreIncubating Success: Examining Sea Turtle Nests
Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s research team has been able to investigate the impacts of geocores on incubating sea turtle nests.
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