The glamorous Barbi Twins, Shane and Sia, have allied with Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), which filed a lawsuit against BP in their effort to save sea turtles and other endangered species from being burned alive in the cleanup. BP’s gulf spill cleanup plan involves burning oil on the surface. Endangered sea turtles, including the extremely […]
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Rehabilitated sea turtles from Mississippi relocated near Marco Island
Posted: 12th July 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: gulf oil spill, Rehabilitated sea turtles, saving turtle
By Naples Daily News staff report marconews.com Posted July 8, 2010 SeaWorld Orlando set out from Calusa Island Marina in Goodland today to release five endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles – displaced by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – into the waters of Gullivan Bay, south of Marco Island. The area is […]
Fed-Ex sea turtle eggs in effort to save them from gulf oil spill
Posted: 12th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, saving turtle, sea turtle
9 July 2010 PORT ST. JOE, Fla. — Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach today, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered […]
Saving turtles from oil and fire – Gulf Oil Spill
Posted: 11th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, saving turtle
An oiled Kemp’s Ridley turtle is rescued from the gulf by a team of researchers. The endangered creature will be treated and taken to a safer habitat. Share on digg
Two New Fish Species from Gulf of Mexico by recent oil spill
Posted: 10th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: gulf oil spill, Halieutichthys intermedius, pancake bat fish
9 July 2010, www.amnh.org Although the Gulf of Mexico has been intensively surveyed by scientists and picked over by fishermen, it is still home to fishes that are waiting to be described. New research from a team that includes Museum researchers that was recently published in the Journal of Fish Biology describes two new species […]