Ware Marine Research and Conservation

Category: Human Interactions

  • Elkhorn coral in clear tropical waters with small fish swimming within the branches

    What can you do to help the world’s oceans?

    Every year on 8 June, we take a moment to celebrate the ecosystems which cover 71% of our planet’s surface – the oceans. In 2008, the United Nations designated this day as World Oceans Day to raise awareness about issues facing this critical system and what it’s conservation means for our continued prosperity. Among others,…

  • New Paper: Conservation Interventions to Reduce Vessel Strikes on Sea Turtles

    HOT OFF THE PRESS! The lab’s latest paper “Conservation interventions to reduce vessel strikes on sea turtles: A case study in Florida” is now available in the journal ‘Marine Policy’! It’s free to download for the next 50 days (until 28 April) at https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ciU%7E,714MjKTy. Vessel strikes are a significant threat to sea turtles as impacts…

  • 55th Wildlife Photographer of the Year

    After months of anticipation, I can finally share some exciting news: I have been selected as one of the top 100 entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year out of over 48,000 entries worldwide! My photograph, “Beach Waste”, was awarded Highly Commended in Photojournalism and will go on display at the British Natural History…

  • FSU MTRECG Publication Update

    It’s been a busy summer for the Florida State University Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group (FSU MTRECG). In addition to the fieldwork conducted by the lab, congratulations are in order for Anthony Gillis, Natalie Montero, and Natalie Wildermann for their first-author publications! Anthony’s work, “Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtles…