Overexploited for their beautiful and malleable shells, hawksbills suffered major declines.

They are very rare in West Africa, with a small population nesting in Guinea-Bissau.

We saw 5 this August, including our oldest record, nesting since 2007! 🤩🤩

Learn more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Overexploited for their shells, hawksbills suffered major declines.

In West Africa they are very rare, with a small population in Guinea-Bissau.

We saw 5 during our field mission, including our oldest, nesting since 2007! 💚

Read about hawksbills in West Africa: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

So happy to be able to study green turtles at Prampram, Ghana! Very small juveniles forage along the shoreline, and John (in green) will use genetics to find which population they come from 🌊🐢🧬🤩

Magical to see so many grey reef sharks in a healthy reef in the Maldives 🤩🌊❤️🦈

sharks are vital for healthy reefs and to keep fish populations balanced, but shark fin trade is a major threat ! #sharks #healthyreefs

Poilão Island is truly magic 🤩 the sacred status of this island among the Bijagos people contributed to the conservation of one of the largest green #seaturtle populations globally
Our Bijagos friends are also magic 🤩❤️

Sea turtle research and conservation in Guinea-Bissau ❤️🇬🇼 we had a beautiful fieldwork week at Poilão Island 🌊🐢
with @IBAP
Project STM2

Last week in Joal-Fadiouth MPA of Senegal, researching green sea turtles spatial distribution and foraging habits 🌊🐢❤️