The Trump administration finalized its sweeping rewrite of Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations today that undermine the conservation of threatened and endangered species. All leatherback turtle populations are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2019 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Trump...
New research from the University of Exeter has found strong evidence that green turtles in the eastern Mediterranean are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass. Leatherbacks are not the only sea turtle species to eat plastic that resembles their...
Plastic plants discharged 128 million pounds of pollutants into U.S. waterways last year, their operators reported to the EPA ― including 77,859 pounds of the most toxic pollutants. Decades-old EPA Limits Require Update As Plastic Production Booms Turtle Island Restoration Network joined more than 270 community and...
Scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) swim off the coast of Cocos Island. Photo by Avi Klapfer. Shark Week may have ended last week … but every week is shark week here at Turtle Island Restoration Network. Sadly, shark populations are declining around the globe. These incredible, ancient animals...
