Sea turtle stranding season arrives as first cold stunned turtles wash upon Cape shores

Sea turtle stranding season arrives as first cold stunned turtles wash upon Cape shores

EASTHAM – This year’s sea turtle stranding season is officially here as Mass Audubon and the New England Aquarium confirm local strandings, with the first occurring last Thursday when a group of students found a green sea turtle on First Encounter Beach.   Over the next several weeks, volunteers with Mass Audubon will be scouring […] The post Sea turtle stranding season arrives as first cold stunned turtles wash upon Cape shores appeared first o…

From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent Getty Images A seal pup entangled in plastic on a beach Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying. Marine mammals reach similar danger at 29 pieces, while sea turtles need to ingest around 405 pieces to hit the same th…