Month: July 2021

  On several occasions, scuba divers have reported a particularly obese turtle seen in the waters off of Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.  The cause of this issue is unknown but something similar has been found in necropsied turtles in the past.  It is possible that this turtle is suffering from a condition called Steatitis …

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The thirty-second Turtle Independence Day took place on July 4, 2021 HPA students Catherine H. (’25), Nikki M. (’25) and a summer school student Zach L. assisted with the annual Fourth of July tradition alongside HPA Sea Turtle Research Program co-directors Laura Jim ’91 and Marc Rice. On July 3rd the HPA team gathered in …

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