A Weather Channel episode involving a surfer's rescue and resuscitation after nearly
drowning led to this editorial. The on-site medic warned rescuers that the surfer could still be …

North Carolina coastal waters are an important seasonal foraging habitat for juvenile green
Chelonia mydas and Kemp's ridley Lepidochelys kempii sea turtles. Sea turtle mortality due …

Incidental capture, or 'bycatch'in fishing gear is a major global threat to sea turtle
populations. A recent study showed that underwater entrapment in fishing gear followed by …

Sea turtle mortality is often related to materials that reach the coast from different anthropic
activities worldwide. This study aimed to investigate whether sea turtle mortality was related …

Freshwater turtles are susceptible to drowning in commercial fishing nets and this is a major
conservation concern. Methods to mitigate turtle bycatch mortality typically involve reducing …

Following their emergence on land, sea turtle hatchlings need to travel through the open
ocean. Whether hatchlings can detect ecologically and functionally relevant chemical cues …

Fishery is one of the main threats faced by sea turtles. However, literature relating to the
physiological effects of incidental capture by fishing gears is scarce. The aim of this study is …

Incidental capture of air-breathing species in fishing gear is a major source of mortality for
many threatened populations. Even when individuals are discarded alive, they may not …

Simple Summary Evaluation of the respiratory system is a critical aspect of sea turtle
medicine due to their peculiar anatomy. The location of the lungs under the carapace makes …

Materials and methods.—A total of 27 Green Sea Turtles were found stranded along the
coast of Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, during a dietary study between 2006 and …