The areas used by six threatened marine megafauna species overlap with a myriad of human activities in the waters of Australia’s north west, a collaborative study has revealed.
A partnership between AIMS, CDU and several Northern Territory Ranger groups will look to tackle the effects of climate change on North Australia’s turtle population.
Tagging technology that enables large marine animals to effectively become ocean-going explorers are helping scientists and Indigenous rangers learn more about threatened turtle species and remote ocean environments off the Northern Territory coast.
Marine scientists have mapped previously unknown foraging grounds and migratory routes of Western Australia’s green turtles.
New research has revealed that marine turtle hatchlings entering the ocean close to jetties have a high likelihood of being eaten.
Scientists from James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science have developed a new method to study microplastics swallowed by sea turtles.
