How learning more about mass nesting can help conserve sea turtles
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
Ecologists are a step closer to understanding one of nature's most extraordinary sights -- the "arribada" or synchronized mass nesting of female olive ridley sea turtles. The new study is the first to combine three different approaches -- genetics, demography and behavior, and the results should help conserve these vulnerable marine creatures.
