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166su Biologist Robert Fitak recently created a refined database of magnetic bacteria and the animals they may reside in to further study how these bacteria could guide migration patterns of animals such as sea turtles.

The green sea turtle population at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is an Endangered Species Act success story, due in large part to the work of 166su’s Marine Turtle Research Group.

Born on Earth Day, April 22, Llewellyn “Doc” Ehrhart dedicated his life to conservation and research.

166su researchers have discovered 116 new-to-science alleles, or gene variants, that could play a role in protecting sea turtles from a tumor-causing disease that limits mobility.

The Marine Turtle Research Group has received a much-needed new boat that offers improved safety and research capabilities.

The disease fibropapillomatosis causes sea turtles to develop tumors on their bodies, which can limit their health and mobility.

Green turtle nest counts are the fifth highest recorded since 1982, in a year when their numbers were supposed to be down.

A 166su graduate student will use satellite images and radar data to study how a brown algae (seaweed) impacts the survival of endangered and threatened sea turtles.

Central Florida’s Atlantic coastline is among the most important nesting areas in the world for loggerhead sea turtles and hosts about one-third of all green turtle nests in the state.