How Leatherbacks Migrate – Your Connection to Wildlife
Leatherback sea turtles migrate farther than any other reptile on Earth. En route to nesting and feeding grounds, they can travel across entire ocean basins, including the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Leatherback migrations | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2024年10月30日 · The migratory routes of 30 satellite-tagged leatherback sea turtles. Once researchers found out where the turtles spent their time, they turned their focus to how these turtles spent their time. Using existing algorithms and models comparing turtle location, speed, and direction, the team asked if the turtles were looking for food or migrating ...
Persistent Leatherback Turtle Migrations Present Opportunities …
2008年7月15日 · Satellite tracking data from female leatherback turtles reveal their migration routes in the eastern Pacific and demonstrate how oceanic currents shape their migration corridors, providing a biological basis for conservation strategies.
Meet the Leatherback: Deep-Diving Migrant of the Open Seas
2024年5月26日 · One turtle headed to the Great Barrier Reef and then onto Papua New Guinea, while another turtle, named Aunty June, swam an astonishing 5,000 miles from the Solomon Islands to the waters off of Baja, California in less than a year.
Migration Data Helps Protect Leatherbacks Across Oceans
2024年5月26日 · Scientists from TNC and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) helped the rangers attach 17 satellite tags to nesting turtles, which tracked their migration route back to their cold-water foraging grounds.
Seeing the Big Picture: Leatherback Migrations in the Pacific
2012年2月1日 · In the Pacific Ocean, leatherback turtles routinely make epic journeys of tens of thousands of miles between tropical breeding areas and frigid-water feeding areas. A newly completed, multiyear satellite tracking study provides the best picture yet of the jaw-dropping migratory abilities of these animals.
Atlantic Leatherback Migratory Paths and Temporary Residence …
2010年11月9日 · Sea turtles are long-distance migrants with considerable behavioural plasticity in terms of migratory patterns, habitat use and foraging sites within and among populations. However, for the most widely migrating turtle, the leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, studies combining data from individuals of different populations are uncommon ...
Track Leatherback Sea Turtles - Education
2024年8月28日 · Students plot the migration routes of actual leatherback sea turtles using data from satellites tracking the turtles as they cross the Atlantic Ocean. These leatherback sea turtles emerged from a hatchery nest on Playa Grande, Costa Rica.
Leatherback Sea Turtles - ArcGIS StoryMaps
2022年12月12日 · This is an image showing migration routes that leatherback turtles follow around the world. Leatherback turtles migrate extremely long distances, sometimes swimming over 10,000 miles a year between nesting and foraging areas.
Leatherback Turtles' Newly Discovered Migration Route May …
2008年7月20日 · While most sea turtles have widely varied dispersal patterns, the leatherbacks from the beaches at Playa Grande consistently follow a relatively narrow corridor out into the sea, past the...