Scott | March 6, 2009

Tweet What do we do with these eggs?  And this debated question has nothing to do with which came first but is a topic that has been breaking the surf in sea turtle conservation circles.  Sea turtlers world-wide have been pondering three possible scenarios for the fate of sea turtle eggs that have been deposited [...]

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Scott | January 10, 2009

Tweet Who you gonna call? Raccoons! Well, that’s what a new study in Biological Conservation is suggesting in regards to threatened loggerhead turtles. Conservation plans typically call for raccoon management tactics as they are notorious sea turtle egg harvesters. At face value it makes sense to control sea turtle egg predation by keeping such nest [...]

Category: Biodiversity, Endangered species, Sea turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife management | 2 Comments »
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