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Rehabilitated sea turtle Sheldon released off Florida Keys

Just in time for sea turtle mating season in the Florida Keys, a rehabilitated male loggerhead turtle has been released off Pigeon Key. The turtle was named Sheldon by his US coast guard rescuers after he was found entangled in crab trap line ...

19 Feb 2022 at 10:25

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Healed sea turtle released to mark Earth Day

A rehabilitated green sea turtle has been released back to the ocean in the US to mark Earth Day. Several hundred onlookers watched on Marathon’s Sombrero Beach in the Florida Keys as staff from the Keys-based Turtle Hospital released TJ ...

22 Apr 2022 at 23:25

72-million-year-old turtle ‘is one of the largest to have ever lived’

A new species of ancient turtle that swam the shores of Europe millions of years ago may have been one of the largest sea turtles to have ever lived, scientists have said. Fossilised remains of the turtle – measuring nearly four metres ...

17 Nov 2022 at 17:00

Turtles are in a race against time to beat climate change, study suggests

Turtles will likely survive a warming planet if they are able to migrate to new habitats before their own become unsustainable in a race against time to beat climate change, a new study suggests. The research, led by scientists at the ...

21 Dec 2022 at 16:00

Turtle dove numbers plummet 98% to just 2,100 pairs, national survey shows

Just 2,100 pairs of turtle doves now breed in the UK, the first national survey of the highly threatened bird shows. Numbers of the turtle dove – long considered a symbol of love – have fallen 98% since the 1970s, mainly due to loss ...

20 Jun 2022 at 13:36

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Ukrainian family living in remote Waterford village 'desperate' to find lost turtle

A Ukrainian couple living in a Waterford village are seeking help to find their lost turtle. According to a post shared to the Bonmahon Tidy Towns Facebook page, the family recently moved to Bonmahon after fleeing the war in ...

22 Aug 2023 at 12:33

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Barbie joins one-billion-dollar club in record-breaking run for Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. With just three weeks in theatres, Barbie is set to sail past one billion US dollars (£784 million) in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors ...

06 Aug 2023 at 20:50

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Barbie joins one-billion-dollar club in record-breaking run for Greta Gerwig

06 Aug 2023 at 17:23

Turtle returned to wild almost two years after being found on Scottish beach

A “malnourished and dehydrated” turtle that washed up on a beach in Scotland last year more than a thousand miles from her natural habitat has been restored to good health and released back into the wild. Iona ...

06 Oct 2023 at 18:29

‘Secretive’ rare turtle found after detective work by British conservationists

The first breeding population of an “incredibly rare” turtle has been discovered in India thanks to the detective work of British academics. A team of conservationists led by the University of Portsmouth used ...

22 Feb 2024 at 10:31

Flashing lights on fishing nets ‘reduce accidental catching of turtles’

Lighting up fishing nets with green flashing lights could reduce the number of sea turtles which are accidentally caught and killed, a study has found. An estimated 40,000 turtles die each year in the ...

06 Mar 2024 at 00:01

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New Downings seaweed processing facility officially opened

A new state-of-the-art seaweed processing facility has been opened in Downings. The seaweed company is called Green Turtle and it is owned by Joost Wouters, Stefan Krann, and Lorraine Gallagher. The ...

24 Apr 2024 at 12:33

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