Oil Spill Turtles

Nesting Turtles Offer Clues On Oil Spill's Impact

AP | By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 08.01.2011

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PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas (AP) -- Nearly hidden by brownish sand, the Kemps ridley sea turtle digging furiously with her back flippers as ...

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As Turtle Toll Tops 1,000, NWF Overflight Finds Mystery Discolorations

Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Grant

Since the oil gusher was capped, observed wildlife impacts have gotten significantly worse. That seems counterintuitive. But it's what wildlife officials are reporting along the Gulf Coast.

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Sea Turtles Rescued From Gulf Oil Spill Released Into Atlantic

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first group of sea turtles that are part of a sweeping effort to save threatened and endangered hatchlings from death in the oily Gulf of Mexico h...

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Saving Turtles From An Oily 'Certain Doom;' MASSIVE Relocation Of 70,000 Eggs Begins

Posted 05.25.2011

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PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An effort to save thousands of sea turtle hatchlings from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming wee...

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WATCH: Wildlife Agents Rescue Gulf Turtles, Only 1 in 5 Survive

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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CBS hops aboard a boat with a team of wildlife agents heading 35 miles off the Gulf coast to rescue every sea turtle they come across. Even though so...

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Gulf Oil Spill Threatens 5 of 7 Sea Turtle Species

The Daily Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the most abundant sea turtle in the world, to the world's only vegetarian sea turtle, five threatened and endangered turtles are in peril, thanks...

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