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Boaters urged to avoid rare leatherback turtles - Aug 28, 2008 Boston Globe,A New England Aquarium expert tended to a stranded leatherback that washed up on Nauset Beach in Orleans in 2005. By Casey Ramsdell, Globe Correspondent Dead 600-pound leatherback removed from Mattapoisett beach - Sep 8, 2008 South Coast Today,MATTAPOISETT — With Coast Guard permission, highway crews removed a 600-pound leatherback turtle from Pico Beach this morning, where the dead reptile had Watchout for leatherback turtles - Sep 9, 2008 Standard Times,According to the US National Marine Fisheries Service, the leatherback turtle is listed as an endangered species, not only in the US, but also worldwide. Hundreds of jellyfish wash up on Morro Bay - Sep 11, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,State marine biologist Mike Harris says he's seen more leatherback sea turtles in the Morro Bay area since the jellies started appearing. Leatherback Turtles visit peninsula - Sep 2, 2008 Southern Gazette,BY HEATHER BURLINGHAM The Fortune Head Interpretation Centre recently hosted an information session at their facility on leatherback sea turtles. Prince Charles speaks out on threat to marine life from plastic - Sep 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Rare creatures like the leatherback turtle, the alabatross and countless seabirds are killed by ingesting plastic bags and the Prince was shown the remnants Another dead turtle surfaces on SouthCoast - Sep 16, 2008 South Coast Today,By PEGGY AULISIO The reports of dead leatherback turtles in SouthCoast has continued to rise with one reported at Salters Point in Dartmouth on Sunday. Hundreds of jellyfish wash up on Morro Bay beach: good for turtles ... - Sep 11, 2008 Los Angeles Times,...the state Department of Fish and Game in Morro Bay. Harris said he's also seen more leatherback sea turtles in the area. Leatherbacks feed on jellyfish. Book briefs - Sep 13, 2008 Daytona Beach News-Journal,..."LANDON AND THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE," From 1 to 3 pm Saturday, author Adele Edwards, from The Villages, will be at Gifts For The Spirit Christian Research Roundup: UCSD to lead PTSD, brain injury study - Sep 18, 2008 Del Mar Times,A month-long, open-ocean survey of leatherback turtles is underway under the auspices of the La Jolla-based Southwest Fisheries Science Center of the Tips & Deals For Travellers - Sep 6, 2008 Independent,International environment charity Earthwatch (earthwatch.org) is looking for volunteers to help scientists conserve leatherback turtles at an important Travel news in brief - Sep 5, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Earthwatch, the environmental charity, wants volunteers to help conserve leatherback sea turtles at one of the world’s most important remaining nesting Turtles coming ashore to nest, vigilance urged - Sep 15, 2008 Netherlands Antilles Daily Herald,Nests belonging to Hawksbill, Leatherback and Green Sea Turtles are found on Guana Bay, Gibbs Bay and Simpson Bay Beaches. So far for this year, Costa Rica’s Endangered Animal Species - Sep 26, 2008 Costa Rica Travel News,...great jaguar and its smaller cousin the ocelot, or the great yellow and blue macaws, or the little tiny poison frogs and the huge leatherback turtles? Guanacaste park rangers receive award - Sep 1, 2008 Guanacaste Journal,The rangers were recognized for their work in defense of the endangered leatherback turtles that come to nest at Las Baulas and for bringing neighboring Last updated at 8:01 PM on 02nd September 2008 - Sep 2, 2008 Daily Mail,Although not popular with bathers, increasing numbers of the jellyfish in British waters could be good news for the endangered leatherback turtle, Ecologists facing poachers in saving Sumatran turtles - Sep 5, 2008 Antara,Dozens of Leatherback sea turtles are hunted and killed each month to be used as ingredients for production of traditional medicines and as raw materials 10 great green and ethical holidays - Sep 6, 2008 Times Online,...tours into the rainforest, and there’sa three-mile stretch of beach below the reserve, the nesting site of ridley, green and leatherback turtles. All at sea: Journey's end - Sep 6, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,We have swum with turtles, surfed with dolphins, watched sperm whales calving and leatherback turtles burying their eggs. I know we have fostered in our Park works hard to safeguard turtle population - Sep 1, 2008 Jakarta Post,...hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys Imbricata) and leatherback turtle (Dhermochelys coriacea) -- lay their eggs along the three-kilometer-long coast, So much more to Sandakan - Aug 29, 2008 Malaysia Star,Today, it is more well-known as the gateway to Sabah’s rich nature and wildlife reserves in Sepilok, Lanyakan islands (leatherback turtles), Sukau and Labuk Sea Turtle Hospital News - Sep 17, 2008 The Topsail Advertiser,In addition to the little loggerheads we also admitted a post-hatchling leatherback. About the size of a palm, this little creature took a worse beating, Heavenly honeymoons - Sep 15, 2008 Aberdeen Press and Journal,Wildlife lovers can explore the canals and mangroves of Tortuguero National Park in search of monkey, sloth, birdlife and leatherback turtles – or simply Conservation engineering: Saving marine turtles - Sep 12, 2008 The Daily Star,The species are: Dermochelys coraicea (Leatherback), Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle), Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley), Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill) Rochester Fair flourished 100 years ago - Sep 11, 2008 Foster's Daily Democrat,An 1800 pound black leatherback South American sea turtle was about 350 years old. The Rochester Fair began in 1874 with two days of agricultural and Working trip to Trinidad learning experience for teacher - Sep 4, 2008 Columbus Local News,..."We got to help tag and measure leatherback sea turtles," she said. "The turtle thing was amazing and seeing the birds." Harris also visited a local school, Out of the past 09/04/2008 - Sep 4, 2008 Davison Index,Len Adams has been exhibiting a leatherback turtle this week, which he caught in the Flint River one day recently. Miss Leta VanTine of Richfield returned Rare Jellyfish Recovering at Aquarium After 'Rescue' - Sep 3, 2008 RedOrbit,The arrival of the jellyfish in our waters could be good news for the endangered leatherback turtle which is found in British waters. Third International Biologging Science Symposium Sept. 1-5 in ... - Sep 2, 2008 EurekAlert (press release),Biologging has taken scientists where humans have never been able to go-riding on the backs of penguins, leatherback sea turtles, bluefin tuna and even Top-10 Las Vegas sportsbooks - Sep 2, 2008 Casino City Times,Mirage sports book is roomy (10000 square feet), it has comfort (leatherback chairs) and good selection of TVs (11 in total, including the mammoth Feature: Tanauan coast fast becoming sanctuary of sea turtles - Sep 1, 2008 Philippine Information Agency,Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and the Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Bokeelia Island’s first sea turtle nest spotted - Aug 31, 2008 The News-Press,Four - leatherback, Kemp's ridley, hawksbill and green - are endangered. Florida's most common sea turtle, the loggerhead, is threatened. Man O'War stings Jon, 8, off Devon - Aug 28, 2008 The Sun,...submerged tentacles can be 15ft and too thin to see.� But he said the good news was leatherback turtles — which eat Man O’War — would soon arrive in Devon. UCSD awarded $11 million grant - Sep 17, 2008 La Jolla Light,By City News Service UC San Diego has been awarded an $11 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the ongoing work of its Center for County program gives sea turtle hatchlings a chance - Sep 4, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,Five of seven species of sea turtles are found in Florida: the green turtle, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead and Kemp's ridley. No more firetruck lunch runs - Aug 29, 2008 Nashua Telegraph,BOSTON (AP) – Officials at NOAA Fisheries Service are warning boaters to watch out for leatherback sea turtles, which are crowding waters off southeastern Refugio de tortugas Baula peligra por falta de acuerdo - Sep 9, 2008 Teletica,El grupo The Leatherback Trust, es una organización sin fines de lucro, que trabaja por la conservación de la tortuga Baula. Hallaron una tortuga laúd gigante en las playas del balneario Reta - Sep 16, 2008 La Voz del Pueblo,También se le llama cardona, tinglada y tortuga canal y en inglés se le conoce por "Leatherback Sea Turtle". Esta tortuga es marina y la mayor parte del [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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