Ever wanted to chat with a sea turtle? Send a text message to Isla the leatherback and see what she is up to! She can be reached at 831-346-ISLA (831-346-4752) Isla will be happy to let you know where she is, how she is doing or what she encounters out there in the ocean. Send Read more about Chat with Isla the leatherback turtle[…]
We’ve been having lots of fun on the beach this past week. On Saturday, May 5th, we attached a transmitter to one of our nesting leatherbacks as part of a new research project that we’re conducting in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The transmitter will allow us to follow this leatherback as she leaves Read more about Tracking Excitement![…]
Katia has begun relaying regular data once again! One of the reasons we believed for the lack of data was that she was simply moving too fast and it seems that that was indeed the case. When she last transmitted a location on September 14th, Katia was located south of Nantucket just heading into deeper Read more about And, she is back[…]
Katia has just left the relatively shallow waters of the continental shelf and is now passing over Hydrographers Canyon which drops from about 600 feet deep to well over 6,000 feet deep. This location is where the deep ocean lower nutrient “blue” water meets greenish higher nutrient water found along the continental shelf. This is Read more about Deeper water[…]
I will admit that we were a bit concerned as there was very little data relayed this past week, but all is well! Over the past few days, Katia has made a big jump to the north east and is now located about 50 kilometers south of Long Island in New York. The transmitter that Katia is carrying Read more about Big jump[…]