With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes ... During its evolution, the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas ...
especially their marine turtle habitat in coral reefs and seagrass meadows. Unlike other sea turtles, green turtles are herbivores as adults, making them unique among their shelled relatives.
Only a tiny part of the world, it's the world’s largest green sea turtle hatchery ... from the impacts of coral bleaching and cyclones," Ms Fyffe says. Our Reef is the largest living thing ...
We saw the green crowns of one ... is one of the principal causes of coral-reef decline worldwide. De-sedimentation by sea grass is a reciprocal service. Turtle grass thrives in calm waters ...
The World Wildlife Fund attached a GoPro to a turtle swimming to monitor levels of pollution within the Great Barrier Reef. The video’s release coincides with the United Nations Educational ...
WWF is warning that a wildlife crisis is developing along parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef coast with reports ... starving and dead turtles washing up on beaches. The reports come following the ...
Coral reefs are in trouble for two reasons: The first is that the water in which they live is rising, and the second is that the high amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are making sea water ...
After laying eggs on a deserted Thai beach, a green sea turtle ... which harms coral reefs and increases temperatures of waters. The hotter conditions could in turn disrupt turtle species ...