The Upwell and NOAA Fisheries team has wrapped up the 2024 survey season! In this episode, they reflect on the turtle and other species sighted over the past few months and why survey data is so important.

In this episode you can hear about the sightings and attempted capture before Upwell Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Heather Harris shows some of the tools and techniques she uses to collect critical health data about these giant turtles.

As our aerial and vessel-based teams take a well-deserved break before they begin conducting surveys in California, this Q and A episode provides insight into what their work is like!

The Upwell and NOAA Fisheries team is conducting aerial surveys for leatherback sea turtles off the Oregon and Washington Coasts! In this video, you can take a tour of the Sheila B. research vessel and see the team react to a turtle sighting.

The Upwell and NOAA Fisheries team started conducting aerial surveys for leatherback sea turtles off the Oregon and Washington Coasts! In this video, you can see a tour of the specialized survey plane and hear about the wildlife our observers spotted!

The Upwell and NOAA Fisheries team will be conducting aerial and vessel-based surveys for leatherback sea turtles off the US West Coast during August and September, 2024. Our collaborative team will try to spot leatherbacks from the sky and, if possible, the vessel-based team will conduct health assessments and deploy satellite tags.

An international team of researchers works together to tag juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Atlantic Ocean and unravel the mysteries of sea turtles' "lost years" at sea, from when they leave the nesting beach as hatchlings to when they return as adults.

Upwell Laboratory Veterinarian and University of Tennessee Doctoral student Sam Kuschke is taking a deeper dive into understanding leatherback sea turtle health. Dr. Kuschke swabs leatherback nests, eggs, hatchlings, and nesting females with the Florida Atlantic University Marine Lab with help from Loggerhead Marinelife Center, and then sequences the bacterial and fungal DNA from the swabs with the University of Tennessee Genomics Core. This research will provide us with more criteria to answer the critical question “what is a healthy leatherback?”

Upwell collaborated with the Digital Life Project and The Loggerhead Marinelife Center to make an accurate 3D model of a leatherback sea turtle. Watch our video to learn more!

With nesting season wrapping up, NBC Nightly News Kid’s Edition goes diving into the world of sea turtles.

NBC News’ Kerry Sanders follows Upwell and Florida Atlantic University Marine Lab as they release juvenile sea turtles with micro-satellite trackers off the coast of Florida.

See how Upwell Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Heather Harris and numerous collaborators in the NOAA West Coast Stranding Network are working together to figure out how we can better care for cold-stunned sea turtles in our waters.

NBC News’ Kerry Sanders follows Upwell and FAU Marine Lab as they release juvenile sea turtles with micro-satellite trackers off the coast of Florida.

Upwell Executive Director George Shillinger's Statement at the 2022 UN Ocean's Conference 7th Plenary.

For Earth Day 2022, Upwell is celebrating sea turtles and their contributions to Earth's oceans!

These 7 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were cold-stunned in Cape Cod, MA, rehabilitated at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center thanks to Turtles Fly Too, The New England Aquarium, and The National Marine Life Center, and then tagged by Upwell before their release.

A comparison of the conservations stories of California's harbor porpoises and Pacific leatherback sea turtles. Learn more about the challenges and successes in protecting California's marine environment.

Upwell works in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to satellite tag and track California's leatherback sea turtles. We provide marine managers with critical information to make strategic decisions that protect leatherbacks and other sea turtle species.

New technologies are finally shedding light on one of the greatest mysteries in sea turtle biology. Using prototype “micro-satellite” tags specifically designed to fit juvenile leatherback turtles, Upwell and Florida Atlantic University researchers released eighteen captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks off the coast of Florida and tracked their movements.

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A rare loggerhead sea turtle sighting in the Gulf of California by Sea Turtle Spotter ambassadors Tamara and Alex Double.

Upwell's Project Scientist, Sean Williamson, was among the biologists who helped remove a plastic fork from this olive ridley's nose while walking along Playa Ostional in Costa Rica.