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Study maps sea turtle deaths

A sea turtle is pictured in the coastal town of Palmachim, south of Tel Aviv, on June 7, 2012. (AFP)

Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures. The study in the journal Ecosphere said sea turtles in the East Pacific, North Atlantic, Southwest Atlantic…

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Conservationists: Drop in sea turtle nesting due to climate change

An Olive Ridley turtle returns to the sea after laying eggs on Rushikulya beach, south west of Bhubaneshwar, eastern India, on March 17, 2010. (AFP)

Conservationists have expressed alarm over the low number of turtles arriving on the coast of east India and Bangladesh for the nesting season, blaming overfishing and climate change for the decline. Between November and March, several species of sea turtle, including the Olive Ridley, travel thousands of miles to nest…

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Cyprus offers safe haven for endangered turtles

Newly hatched Chelonia Mydas turtles (Green Turtles) head towards the surf at Karpas on Cyprus via AFP

On a late August evening, thousands of baby endangered sea turtles flip, flop and somersault down the sands of this protected beach in northern Cyprus as excited onlookers cheer them on. “Go on little turtle! A couple of inches and there you go!” yells Elliott Evlyn-Bufton, a 12-year-old Briton whose…

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