Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Renato Saragoça Bruno, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation last week!
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Sea turtle research, education, and conservation at the University of Florida.
Come join us tomorrow to celebrate World Sea Turtle Week! More info here: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-system...
Science on Tap: World Sea Turtle Day Celebration – Thompson Earth Systems Institute
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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research@accstr.bsky.social · 3mo agoNext week is World Sea Turtle Week, and the ACCSTR will be celebrating the birthday of Archie Carr with a local event. If you are in Gainesville, join us for Science on Tap with engaging talks about sea turtles at Cypress & Grove on June 17th from 6:30-8:00pm.
Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Today marks the annual opportunity to highlight the importance of sea turtles and coincides with the birthday of Archie Carr, the namesake of our center, who is considered the father of sea turtle biology and conservation. Photo credit: University of Florida Archives
Next week is World Sea Turtle Week, and the ACCSTR will be celebrating the birthday of Archie Carr with a local event. If you are in Gainesville, join us for Science on Tap with engaging talks about sea turtles at Cypress & Grove on June 17th from 6:30-8:00pm.
UF doctoral student studying turtle movement patterns to decrease boat strikes news.clas.ufl.edu/uf-graduate-...
UF doctoral student studying turtle movement patterns to decrease boat strikes - News
UF graduate student Aileen Lavelle is placing satellite tags on turtles, so she can track their movement and decrease collisions with boats.
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Congrats to PhD student Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, who won the Archie Carr Student Award for best conservation poster!
Additional presentations by ACCSTR PhD students Chris Nolte on leatherback demographic ecology and stable isotope patterns plus George Glen on sea turtle aging and life history theory.
ACCSTR student @ecologistash.bsky.social presented yesterday on the coprophagous relationship between remoras and green turtles. #ISTS2026
ACCSTR student (Renato Bruno) and former postdoc (Marco Garcia Cruz) delivered presentations at #ISTS2026 yesterday. See alt text for their titles.
Today is UF Giving Day, and donations to the ACCSTR fund will directly support sea turtle research, education, and conservation. Now's your moment to give to what you love! #AllForTheGators givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ar...
Congratulations to ACCSTR graduate student Jazmyn Broxton for successfully defending and presenting her master’s thesis on sea turtle nest success after beach nourishment.
New pub: This is a first look at whether sea turtles undergo age-related declines in the number of eggs they lay. Surprisingly, sea turtles can maintain their high reproductive output well into old age. However, the chances of dying do not follow a similar trend, with mortality increasing with age.
Constantin George Glen@constantinglen.bsky.social · last yr.Pleased to announce that our paper on aging dynamics in captive green turtles is out (see link below)!!!! @accstr.bsky.social @commsbio.nature.com
These loggerhead tracks are now available on OCEARCH. Check out where they have gone! www.ocearch.org/tracker/deta... www.ocearch.org/tracker/deta... www.ocearch.org/tracker/deta...
Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research@accstr.bsky.social · last yr.Ariadna Arnau successfully deployed three satellite transmitters on loggerheads at Wassaw Island, Georgia last week. Stay tuned for updates. We are particularly interested in their internesting habitat use and indicators of feeding status.
Happy World Sea Turtle Day from the ACCSTR! This day is the birthday of the late Archie Carr. accstr.ufl.edu/accstr-overv...
Our History
The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida was established as a Center of Excellence in 1986 by the University Board of Regents of the State of Florida in rec...
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Ariadna Arnau successfully deployed three satellite transmitters on loggerheads at Wassaw Island, Georgia last week. Stay tuned for updates. We are particularly interested in their internesting habitat use and indicators of feeding status.
ACCSTR members participated in an elementary school STEAM night and had a great time interacting with children and their families yesterday. Turtle power!
I taught Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation for the first time this spring. In such challenging times, hearing the thoughtful insights of my students was a bright spot every week.
Happy #EarthDay from the ACCSTR!
Congratulations to ACCSTR PhD student Costanza Manes on finishing her dissertation and delivering an excellent exit seminar on green turtles and Fibropapillomatosis.
Congratulations to Manjula Tiwari, ACCSTR alum, for receiving two awards last night: ISTS Champion in Conservation Award and the Presidential Award! #ISTS43
ACCSTR student Renato Saragoça Bruno found that green turtle diet in Nicaragua has not changed much since the last assessment in the 1980s. And curiously, nesting females in Tortuguero, Costa Rica consume terrestrial vegetation during the nesting season.
Mariela Pajuelo presented on the trophic strategies of four seas turtle species in Peru using stable isotope analysis. #ISTS43
Dr. Karen Bjorndal was recently featured in a piece from the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Communications Support. Let's congratulate Dr. Bjorndal on her retirement, after a more than 50-year career at the University of Florida! news.clas.ufl.edu/karen-bjornd...
Karen Bjorndal retires after over 50 years at UF
After more than 50 years at UF, Director of the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research Karen Bjorndal has retired.
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Today is UF Giving Day! That means it is time to stand up and holler in support of the ACCSTR. We thank all of our generous donors so far! givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ar...
Dr. Karen Bjorndal was presented with her #SERSTM2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by Ray Carthy and Blair Witherington in Gainesville this weekend at a gathering to honor her retirement from the University of Florida last month.
Get ready for UF's Giving Day February 20, 2025. Support the ACCSTR in advancing research, education, and conservation efforts through your gift! givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ar...
Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research - Gator Nation Giving Day
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Congratulations to Dr. Karen Bjorndal on receiving the Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Network Lifetime Achievement Award! Karen recently retired, and Hannah Vander Zanden accepted the award on Karen’s behalf at the #SERSTM2025 closing social.
