Hawaiians spotted sea turtles with mysterious 'graffiti' on their backs and it sparked a 600-person mission to save the species

Strange marks on Hawaiian green sea turtles were thought to be graffiti. Scientists actually mark the turtles for tracking.
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The Living Record: What Turtle Shells Tell Us About a Changing Sea

Scuba Diving Snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef Cairns Port Douglas (Sea Turtle, Giant Clam, Hard Cora, Shark, School of Fish, Soft Coral, Great Visibility, Pufferfish)© Kitjapat Film/Shutterstock.com ...
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How etched turtle shells help scientists track the 'Honu Count’

Wildlife biologist Brittany Clemans explains how the NOAA uses shell etchings to track turtle migration and how fellow turtle ...
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Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

MIAMI — Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to better understand the lives of modern ...

Warmer Sand, Fewer Males: The Crisis Quietly Facing Sea Turtles

They outlived dinosaurs, have built-in GPS that helps them navigate the world’s oceans with ease, and intuitively know how to ...
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Sea turtle covered in 1½ pounds of barnacles 'on the way to recovery'

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.
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Spotted a Turtle on the Road? Experts Say Do This First

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...