Three-year project to track marine turtles in the Gulf May 2010: Marine turtles are one of the longest living groups of animals to have ever existed, but human activities have placed them under increasing pressure. Across the Middle East and around the world these ancient creatures are today threatened, mostly through habitat loss and unintentional capture in fisheries, leaving them in dire need of conservation...

The ARAV Executive Committee recently received a request for emergency support for Dr. Marcelino Lopez Reyes and his efforts to protect and preserve sea turtles and iguanas in the Pacific beach areas of Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Lopez has lost his funding at a very critical time — when iguana eggs are hatching and Leatherback and Olive Ridley turtles are laying their eggs in the sandy shores of Oaxaca. Dr. Lopez is a faculty member of the...

Gulf Oil Again Imperils Sea TurtleBy Leslie Kaufman, May 18, 2010, New York Times PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Tex. – It is nesting season here, and just offshore, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle No. 15 circles in the water before dragging herself onto the sand to lay another clutch of eggs. The sea turtle, affectionately nicknamed Thelma by a National Park Service employee, has already beaten some terrible odds. Still in the egg,...