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News Articles: marine biology

File photo of a dawn-nesting loggerhead sea turtle on Ossabaw Island. Credit: Caleigh Quick/ Georgia DNR.

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Georgia loggerhead sea turtle nest numbers reach record high

After a decades-long decline, the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests on the Georgia coast hit its all-time high since recording began in the late 1980s. But an expert says there's still a lot of conservation work to do. 

August 05, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
A pair of North Atlantic right whales surface.

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Right whales struggle off of Georgia's coast

This year's North Atlantic right whale calving season has ended with 15 calves spotted off the Georgia, Florida and Carolina coasts. It's not enough.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
a right whale mother and calf

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It's 'Whale Week' — when endangered right whales return to coastal Georgia waters

Whale Week is underway in Savannah, Ga., from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21, 2021. Each year between November and April, endangered North Atlantic right whales, Georgia's official state marine mammal, migrate to the Southeast's warmer waters to calve. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington talks to Paulita Bennett-Martin, a co-founder of Whale Week.

November 15, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
Scientists investigate a humpback whale by boat and by drone in the surface waters near the west Antarctic Peninsula.

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The biggest whales can eat the equivalent of 80,000 Big Macs in one day

Scientists have gotten the best estimates yet of exactly how much baleen whales, the largest animals on the planet, can consume in one day. Their caloric intake is mind-boggling.

November 03, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Loggerhead hatchling

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Quarter million loggerhead sea turtle eggs laid on Ga. beaches

Loggerheads didn't break their records but stayed on track for recovery.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Landers
two women on a boat in rain gear hold a small shark on a board to measure it

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Sharks Offer Snapshot Of Coastal Waterways’ Health

Researchers on the Georgia coast are studying sharks as a way to check in on the overall health of the estuary, where coastal streams and rivers meet the ocean.

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
More than a mile underwater, the cartoon doppelgangers were found side by side.

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A Research Vessel Found SpongeBob Look-Alikes A Mile Under The Ocean's Surface

A photo of a real-life sponge and starfish hanging out together delighted the internet. But "the reality is a little crueler than perhaps a cartoon would suggest," says the researcher who posted it.

July 31, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A loggerhead sea turtle on the beach near the water line

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Judge Blocks Dredging During Sea Turtle Nesting Season

A judge ruled that an Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge while sea turtles are nesting poses too great a risk to the turtles.

May 21, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
The tail of a right whale, tangled in blue rope and fishing equipment

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Bittersweet Right Whale Calving Season Brings Mixed Results

The critically endangered whales had more babies than they have in years, but still not enough to save the species. And several died in all-too-common ways.

March 18, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
The tail of a right whale, tangled in blue rope and fishing equipment

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Endangered Right Whale Found Dead Off South Carolina Beach

Officials say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of South Carolina. 

March 01, 2021
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  • Associated Press

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Sharks (Under) Attack: Efforts For Conservation Amid Dwindling Populations

For the last 31 years, sharks have been subject to a week of media frenzy, taking place each July. But, throughout the year, they face a number of...

July 29, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 1 more
North Atlantic right whale with calf

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Conserving Georgia's Coast, Protecting Endangered Right Whales

The Georgia coast is a central calving spot for North Atlantic right whales; however, last year, no new calves were spotted there, and that caused great...

February 12, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

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