Survival of the sea turtles.(Fire In The Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and The Fate Of The Ocean)(Sea Turtles of the World)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

E | November 1, 2003| | Copyright

While sea turtles have long outlived the dinosaurs, their fate is now in serious jeopardy. Osha Gray Davidson explores the current plight of these magnificent reptiles in Fire In The Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and The Fate Of The Ocean (Public Affairs Books, $15). Worldwide, sea turtles have been struck by a deadly tumor-causing epidemic, fibropapillomatosis, FP (See Ask E, May/June 2002). The rise of factory farms, growing human populations along the coast, and discharge of garbage into the oceans are some of the other threats to sea turtles. Davidson skillfully ...

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