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Les plus grands spécialistes mondiaux des tortues ont découvert que près de la moitié (45%) des populations menacées de tortues marines se trouvent dans le nord de l'Océan Indien. L'étude a aussi déterminé que les menaces les plus importantes pour l'ensemble des populations des tortues marines sont les captures accidentelles par des pêcheurs qui ciblent d'autres espèces, et le prélèvement direct de tortues ou de leurs œufs pour les manger ou pour le commerce de l'écaille.

A turtle tale: diver comes to the rescue.

DNA reveals mating patterns of critically endangered sea turtle.

Swansea University study tracks nesting turtle numbers.

Researchers at Swansea University, working with colleagues in Australia and the Seychelles, have announced the longest recorded migration for the green sea turtle, an endangered species. One of eight turtles which were tracked by satellite was found to have travelled 3979 km, from the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, to the coast of Somalia in east Africa.

Record-breaking turtle migration exposes limits of marine reserves.

416 Olive Ridley hatchlings released in Canacona.

416 Olive Ridley hatchlings released in Canacona.

The discovery of olive ridley sea turtle nestlings on the remote Kimberley coast is just the sixth time the species has been recorded in Western Australia.

The discovery of olive ridley sea turtle nestlings on the remote Kimberley coast is just the sixth time the species has been recorded in Western Australia.

KENDRAPARA: Ahead of the mass nesting of Olive RIDLEY sea turtles, beaches off Gahirmatha coast have turned into graveyard for these delicate marine animals with thousands of decomposed carcasses spotted along a shoreline.

Space crunch destroying Olive Ridley eggs at Gahirmatha in Odisha.

Space crunch destroying Olive Ridley eggs at Gahirmatha in Odisha.

A juvenile green sea turtle discovered floating in an estuary in Broome has been brought to Murdoch University's Animal Hospital for a CT scan.

Endangered turtle goes to lay eggs but airport runway is built on beach.

Turtle with stomach full of plastic rescued

Extensive seagrass meadows discovered in Indian Ocean through satellite tracking of green turtles.

Chennai: 40 to 70 deaths of nesting turtles daily.

Saving olive ridleys of the Indian Ocean.

Hunted for its meat, 213-kg leatherback turtle slaughtered in North Sumatra.

Eggs from endangered sea turtle stolen from Thai beach.

Marine scientists have mapped previously unknown foraging grounds and migratory routes of Western Australia's green turtles to support conservation of the iconic threatened species.