Groups seek to save leatherback turtles
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Scientists and conservationists called on Pacific countries Friday to step up efforts to protect leatherback turtles that are on the brink of extinction.
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Small and inexpensive steps could go a long way towards rescuing the Western Pacific&#39;s dwindling population of giant sea turtles, an expert has said.
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Scientists are trying to figure out why the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests has declined significantly over the past seven years.
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Olive ridley sea turtles are making a comeback, largely because of Mexican conservation efforts.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  Instead of starting to shoo cars off the beaches every night at 6:30 to try to meet an 8 p.m. deadline during sea turtle nesting season, St. Johns County police could simply begin ticketing stragglers at 7:30.
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The diamondback terrapin, a turtle species that lives on the U.S. east coast, is under siege from Asian gourmets and American developers, but now officials and lawmakers are coming to its rescue.
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Efforts to protect manatees in the coastal waters of Belize stand to benefit the global conservation of the huge, sluggish marine mammals, a scientist says.
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By Maggie FitzRoy  The rising sun painted the horizon pink one recent morning as Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol volunteer Shelli Martin walked the beach. In the dusty light, she looked for evidence that a female sea turtle had come ashore during the night, laid her eggs and headed back to sea.
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Birds coated in oil were carried to a wildlife refuge by volunteers trying to save them from the largest oil spill on the Delaware River in nearly a decade.
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 18--Conservationists found an unlikely ally in the fight to save Marks Creek: a home builder.
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The mass nestings of leatherback turtles on Malaysia's beaches was once one of nature's great spectacles but since 2000, not a single baby leatherback has scampered to the sea.
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Malaysia is studying a plan to clone leatherback turtles, an endangered species that scientists believe once swam with dinosaurs, an official said Thursday.
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Environmentalists, who have recognized the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea as a wildlife refuge, are pressing to preserve it.
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Sri Lankan conservationist Kithsiri Kannangara wipes a tear as he stands over a patch of sand and broken wire mesh, the only surviving incubation pit of his hatchery for endangered sea turtles.
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Volunteers worked frantically to save dozens of stranded whales and dolphins in Tasmania yesterday after more than 100 died in mass beachings on two offshore islands.
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KIJAL, Malaysia, Aug 18  - Malaysia, once a major breeding ground, is in danger of losing its ocean-roaming leatherback turtles as humans eat their eggs, trap them in fishing nets and encroach on nesting sites, scientists said on ...