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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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

We’re extremely interested in Sir David these days. We are one of the only research programs that satellite tags male leatherback turtles, so it’s particularly exciting to see what they do. [...]

Sometimes, it’s just nice to think about something else. I suppose it tells us a lot about the current state of the world that I’m suggesting an endangered species—about which we sometimes feel [...]

This map shows the track of the leatherback turtles that we helped satellite tag off the coast of Nova Scotia this summer in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Ruby, Sara, Isabel, [...]

Today Sobeys became the first national grocery chain in Canada to remove plastic bags from all of its stores. Accidentally ingesting plastic is a threat to the survival of endangered sea turtles, [...]

I’ve been thinking about leaders and heroes today as roads around the world are flooded with protesters—people asking us to consider the importance of caring for the environment. The photos of [...]

We are overjoyed! A quick recap: We satellite tagged Daisy off the coast of Nova Scotia on July 11 in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Daisy already had one flipper tag when [...]

  11 April 2019 11:35 p.m. All night, we have been concentrating on Daisy, who was the first turtle we satellite tagged last summer. She is set to nest tonight—we think—at Grand Riviere. [...]