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Green Turtles Navigate Vast Distances Homeward
Marine biologists study the green turtle's remarkable navigation from Ascension Island to Caribbean nesting beaches. Dr. Archie Carr leads efforts to prevent extinction while researchers note turtles return to beaches like Tortuguero to lay eggs. Separate Utah study hunts for reservoirs of western equine encephalitis linked to bats, snakes, rodents, and mosquitoes as spring outbreaks rise.
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Ascension Island
Caribbean
Archie Carr
University of Florida
Tortuguero
Atlantic
Uise
Acti
Salt Lake Safari
Louis P. Gebhardt
Michael
John Stanon
University of Utah
Gebhardt
Sammons