Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around making waves isn't the most efficient way to swim. Any energy spent creating waves is essentially ...
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Jan 30, 2025
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On a barge hundreds of meters off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.
Ecology
Jan 12, 2025
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Researchers from Swansea and Deakin Universities have found that marine animals across mammals, birds and reptiles swim at similar relative depths when traveling and not feeding to save energy.
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Dec 16, 2024
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Ghost crabs were responsible for the loss of nearly 30% of flatback turtle hatchlings at Thevenard Island, near Onslow on the northwest coast of Australia, according to new research published in Marine Biology from Edith ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2024
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Protected green and loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year's record count by nearly 25%, environmentalists said Tuesday.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2024
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Scientists in Mexico are investigating the deaths of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles in recent years, a species considered at risk of extinction in the wild, according to officials.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2024
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Cocooned in white bags and nestled in the arms of volunteers, eight young rhim gazelles—an endangered species native to North Africa—have been transferred to an uninhabited Libyan island.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2024
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The six turtle species that call Australia home appear to have few similarities at first. Some turtles are large, others are much smaller. Some turtles are herbivores, others enjoy a varied diet. Unfortunately, their threats ...
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Jun 17, 2024
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A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2024
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A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean, a new study reveals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2024
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