Florida Sea Turtles Get a Boost with Gift of New Boat The Marine Turtle Research Group has received a much-needed new boat that offers improved safety and research capabilities.
From the ‘Smithsonian’ Magazine to the Tonight Show, UCF Research has a Big Year in the News UCF’s Top 10 research stories focused on work that battled threats and sought out opportunities to advance us as a species.
UCF Podcast: Turtle Research and Marine Biology UCF sea turtle biologist Kate Mansfield discusses why these mysterious creatures are so interesting and important to study.
Arboretum Names Llewellyn Ehrhart as its Inaugural Earth Day Conservation Hero The professor emeritus retired in 2004 after more than 30 years researching sea turtles on Florida’s east coast, helping scientists understand the turtle population status and trends.
Hurricane Dorian Washes Out More than 8,000 Sea Turtle Nests The storm hit at the peak of green sea turtle hatching season, washing out an estimated 45 percent of the threatened species’ nests.
UCF Researchers Investigate New Lead in Mysterious Sea Turtle Disease Scientists at the UCF are zeroing in on a new clue to understand a mysterious disease that affects about half the sea turtles in the…
UCF Students to Premiere Animated Short Films This year’s animated short films shed light on a speech disorder and sea turtle nesting. They premiere Monday, April 23, at the Center for Emerging Media.
Satellite Tracking Provides Clues About South Atlantic Sea Turtles’ ‘Lost Years’ A University of Central Florida biologist whose groundbreaking work tracking the movements of sea turtle yearlings in the North Atlantic Ocean attracted international attention has…
Hurricane Exposes and Washes Away Thousands of Sea Turtle Nests Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most important loggerhead and…
Biologist and Genetics Expert Team Up to Solve Turtle Health Mystery Almost 50 percent of the green sea turtles in the Indian River Lagoon have tumors all over their bodies and despite data going back more…