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Well, Stewie has gone a long way. She’s as far south as the state of Virginia. “It’s been two weeks and she’s travelled over 1,000 kilometres—although definitely not in the direction we’d predict for a leatherback at this time of year,” says Mike, the sea turtle scientist from the DFO Sea Turtle Unit who satellite […]

I didn’t expect the turtle to live. Our friends from the Marine Animal Response Society called. The leatherback had been stranded on the mudflats of the Shubenacadie River for at least two, possibly three, days, pushed further inland each time it found itself pounded by the incredible force of the storied Bay of Fundy tidal […]

I have not yet made a statement on behalf of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network with respect to the protests against racism that have swept the world since the murder of George Floyd. I am a white person. I want to make space for voices that are not white voices, particularly on issues of racism. […]