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Daily Pic 08/14/18 (Grévy’s Zebra)

August 14, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
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Combating extinction with citizen science

Just as every human has a unique set of fingerprints, each zebra has a subtly different pattern of stripes–and that trait is proving valuable in a new conservation effort. A nonprofit conservation project called Wildbook utilizes crowd-sourced photos to identify and track individual animals that belong to threatened species. But it doesn’t just identify zebras. The effort extends to whale sharks, manta rays, giraffes, and more. This new technology provides a noninvasive way to study the species over time. We’re fans of the project, especially since it helps friends like our Grévy’s zebra, which is endangered.

Daily Pic 08/14/17

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Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery, Amorgos, Greece



Posted in: Photos Tagged: conservation, daily pic, endangered, Grévy's zebra, Wildbook

Green Sea Turtles on a Comeback

April 5, 2016 by GµårÐïåñ
The species is known to live along the coasts of more than 140 countries, with the largest nesting populations found at Tortuguero, in Costa Rica, and Raine Island, in Australia, according to NOAA. There are an estimated 571,220 nesting females around the world, Discovery News reports.

Sea Turtle

The green sea turtle, also known as the green turtle, black turtle, or Pacific green turtle, is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. This species is named for the green color of its fat, rather than the color of its skin or shell as most people think. These turtles shells are in fact olive to black. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The common name comes from the usually green fat found beneath its carapace.



NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the status change Tuesday that successful conservation efforts are responsible for green sea turtles of Florida and the Pacific coast of Mexico being reclassified from endangered to threatened. As a threatened species, the green sea turtles will remain under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

NOAA administrator for fisheries Eileen Sobeck says in a news release that efforts developed in Florida and Mexico are a roadmap for further recovery strategies of green turtle populations around the world. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe says in the release that the reclassification shows how partnerships between various government agencies and other originations are making a real difference for imperiled species.

Green Turtle Hatchling Historically, the global decline in green sea turtle populations has been fueled by harvesting eggs and adult individuals, according to NOAA. Other threats include incidental catch in fishing gear, plastic marine debris, habitat loss, climate change and a debilitating tumor-causing disease called fibropapillomatosis.

The status change comes nearly four decades after green turtles were first listed, in 1978. In March 2015, responding to a petition from the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the two federal agencies kicked off a lengthy review of the green sea turtle’s global status. The species has since been divided into 11 separate populations, which NOAA says allows for “tailored conservation approaches.” Eight populations have been classified as threatened. Three — the Mediterranean, Central West Pacific and Central South Pacific — remain endangered.
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