This summer, a group of 23, 16-18 year old students from Kesgrave Highschool (near Ipswich, UK) visited Kyparissia Bay to take part in a challenging programme designed to stretch the group, and assist the Kyparissia Project during one of its busiest periods.

Three sea turtle nests have been found on the beach of Finikounda this summer. The first one was found on the 10th of July and the other two on the 22nd of July. All three were found after beach visitors saw sea turtle tracks in the morning and notified ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.

The World Day to Combat Desertification, celebrated each year on June 17, is part of an international campaign by the United Nations to tackle global environmental deterioration, in particular the degradation of drylands. The day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

5 surgical operations were conducted over the weekend (5-6 June 2010) covering every case. Some turtles had one hook (from small to big), some had more than one, and some had just the fishing line. All 5 turtles were successfully operated and were returned to their tanks the same day. They should be released in the next few weeks.

ARCHELON has always attracted a wide variety of talented individuals to its projects and one shining example of this is Katarina Bjorqvist. Katarina produced a series of 6 original postcard designs as a gift to ARCHELON and in support of our work.

All of the deaths are being looked at as possible casualties of the oil gushing unchecked since April 20 from a ruptured wellhead on the floor of the Gulf off Louisiana because of their proximity in time and space to the spill.

The recovery of endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico faces a dramatic set-back as oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill impacts coastal areas during their peak migration to nesting beaches. Scientists and conservation workers that have invested decades of work towards the sea turtles’ recovery are concerned about the growing impacts the oil slick and oiled beaches will have on these imperiled creatures.

Every year, the International Sea Turtle Society holds its Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. This year, the 30th Annual symposium was organized in Goa, India and it was the first time that the symposium came to the South Asian region.

The International Sea Turtle Society organizes the Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation at a different location every year. This year's symposium, titled “The World of Turtles” took place from April 24 to 30 in Goa, India, with 450 participants from 60 countries.