The largest species of turtle on Earth now nests near Playa del Carmen
For the first time in 36 years, the world’s most giant sea turtle has been spotted nesting on the shores of the Yuctán Peninsula.
For the first time in 36 years, the world’s most giant sea turtle has been spotted nesting on the shores of the Yuctán Peninsula.
With Easter Week, or Semana Santa, about to begin, Yucatán’s beaches prepare for high season. But holiday crowds on the coast make for a perilous time for Yucatán’s endangered sea turtles and the eggs they lay near the high-tide line. Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan A.C. is raising funds for an ongoing project that helps protect…
A tour company has angered Río Lagartos locals after their vehicles damaged sea turtle nests on the beach — according to Por Esto.
The exotic animals were rescued from illegal captivity and included jaguars, howler monkeys, and crocodiles.
Marine Biologist, Jesús Manuel Cuevas Medina answers our questions about the health of Yucatán’s sea turtle population and how we can help.
Most people realize that it is not a good idea to disturb nesting or baby turtles, but what should we do if one appears to be in peril or distress?
Sea turtles continue to be endangered in Yucatán, but a new study suggests that their numbers are beginning to recover.
Ecologists hope to learn more about this species, as well as what brought it to Yucatán in the first place.
The nest contained eleven live baby turtles and well over one hundred hatched eggs shells.
Sea turtle eggs on a beach at Chuburná Puerto were found trampled, crushed and then burned in a bonfire, local media reported. The destroyed turtle nest was near the site of a violent spat that erupted when two environmentalists confronted a group of litterers. Every year, during the turtles’ nesting season, efforts to protect nesting…
The absence of vacationers and frolicking pleasure seekers has left Yucatan’s beaches free and clear for hawksbill and white turtles this season. The chelonian nesting season started on April 15 and ends in October, although at some areas it could last until November. The regional head of the Department of Natural Resources and Wildlife of…
Discovery mars an otherwise healthy nesting season.
While the tumors sometimes go away on their own, there is no treatment or surgery to address FP.
The news was cheered by staff who run a sea-turtle protection program in this part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Years of work appears to be paying off at several beach sites, but most hatchlings face long odds.
The 14 offenders who were caught driving vehicles on a stretch of Progreso’s beach a year ago have been fined 3 million pesos, collectively, for putting sea turtles and their nesting areas at risk.
Environmental authorities have denied permits for a proposed hotel near one of Mexico’s most important sea turtle nesting beaches on the Yucatán’s Caribbean shore.
Locals claim they are being blocked from their own beaches under the pretext of protecting turtles that do not exist.
Rescuers recovered 153 hawksbill eggs that nested on a beach much too busy for baby sea turtles.
A giant leatherback sea turtle found dead on a beach at Chicxulub Puerto had suffocated after she got entangled in lobster traps.
Citizens have banded together against cars and trucks that menace sea turtles on the beach.
Researchers from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the Advanced Research Center (Cinvestav) are gathering data to help preserve the tortugas.
Sea turtle nesting and Easter week coincides this year, which is worrying to anyone concerned about the fragile sea turtle population.
A stash of 135 sea turtle eggs have been found in Progreso and are being guarded by marine students until they hatch.
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