Sarah Nelms está realizando su dotorado en la contaminación por plásticos. Ha escrito un libro para niños que ahora está disponible gratuitamente en línea en varios idiomas: La fábula de la tortuga marina y la medusa de plástico. Nerin is a sea turtle who loves eating jellyfish. One day, she accidentally eats a plastic bag which puts her in a spot of bother. Ir al enlace: castellano. Otras lenguas.

The Conference will be held at the Geronimo Event Center in Rodeo, New Mexico. July 11-14 2019. Leer más.

A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galápagos island of Fernandina. Investigators think there may be more members of the species on the island because of tracks and faeces they found. The team took the tortoise, which is probably more than 100 years old, to a breeding centre for giant tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, where it will stay in a specially designed pen. Leer más.

According to Caters New Agency, the albino pinkbelly sideneck turtle was born with her heart exposed. In humans, this condition is called ectopia cordis, but in veterinary medicine there is no name for the life-threatening genetic defect. Even with her heart beating outside of her shell, the baby turtle, named Hope, has defied the odds and survived. Leer más.

Els descobridors han dedicat la descoberta al paleontòleg Miguel Ángel Mancheño, primer director de les excavacions al jaciment murcià de Quibas, on ha aparegut. La troballa evidencia que el sud-est de la Península Ibèrica va actuar com l’últim refugi ecològic d’espècies subtropicals d’Europa occidental. Leer más.