A green turtle with a satellite tag at Poilão Island, Guinea-Bissau. Photo: Miguel Varela.
Miguel Varela
Protecting green turtles is difficult because they perform some of the longest migrations known in the animal kingdom.
A study has shown that turtle hatchlings lend each other a flipper digging out of the sand to save energy.
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New research suggests turtle hatchlings work together with clutch mates to escape their underground nests.
Green turtles can travel immense distances using stored fat reserves.
R.D Kirkby & B.S Kirkby
A satellite-tracking study of green turtles in the Indian Ocean has rewritten the record books for long-distance marine animal migration, showing that they can travel some 4000 kilometres without stopping…
Green and Leatherback turtles are swallowing plastic at twice the rate they were 25 years ago. The research conducted by…