Protecting mangroves, creating coastal corridors can help horseshoe crabs thrive: NUS study
SINGAPORE – Protecting and restoring mangroves, as well as establishing “coastal corridors” in areas where intensive development is ongoing, could help with the conservation of two of Asia’s ...
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Virginia Petition Seeks to Protect Diamondback Terrapins From Drowning in Crab Traps
Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that would ...
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As Sumatra loses mangroves to oil palms, local fishers also suffer
More than three-quarters of that number live in low- and middle-income ... local government to rehabilitate coastal mangroves, a feeding ground for crabs and other species. Another resident ...
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University of Hong Kong student finds crab species unique to Hong Kong in Ting Kok
These are found in the mangroves of Singapore and Indonesia and are not known to climb trees, preferring to live in mud. “[This crab is] only known to be from Tolo Harbour for now. There’s no ...
ZSI, forest personnel tag 12 horseshoe crabs
Kendrapada: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and forest department personnel tagged 12 horseshoe crabs at Talachua fishing jetty within Bhitarkanika N.
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Darwin artists bring magic of tropical mangroves to life for national science museum
Hungry mangrove crabs feasting on freshly dropped leaves, shy red lobsters and possum babies. These are just a few of the creatures that live in the dark, humid mangrove forests along Darwin's ...
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Florida Approves Rule to Protect Diamondback Terrapin Turtles From Collection, Drowning in Recreational Crab Traps
Diamondback terrapins, found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Massachusetts to Texas, are the only turtles in the world that live ... mangroves and other estuarine habitats, where it primarily ...