Protected Species Similar Videos
Similar Videos
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Tagging Leatherback Turtles
3:25
Scientists tag leatherback sea turtles to learn where they are and how they use the water so we can better protect them from bycatch and other threats.
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Gray Seals: Sentinels of Our Shared Marine Habitat
3:00
Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other wildlife laws, gray seals are recolonizing their historic habitat. Researchers are studying their recovery on the North Atlantic coast–and finding insights into the health of the marine ecosystem.
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Decoding the Mystery of Turtle Genomes
4:34
Using samples from NOAA Fisheries’ tissue library, scientists have sequenced the complete genomes of leatherback and green sea turtles revealing differences in the two species that could help us understand their risks to climate change.
