leatherback sea turtles

By Guest PostFebruary 20, 2014Naturebahamas, caribbean coast, costa rica, costa rican culture, doug tallamy, environmental research, leatherback sea turtles, leatherback trust, local costa ricans, nesting ecology, pacific coast, puerto rico, sea turtle, sex ratio, topography, university of delaware

UD alumna studies leatherback sea turtles in Costa Rica

It’s not every day that you get to see a creature that has been around for 110 million years emerge from the ocean and lay its eggs on the beach. Unless, of course, you’re like University of Delaware graduate Lauren Cruz, who spends her days in Costa Rica with the Leatherback Trust studying leatherback sea turtle nesting ecology.

Cruz, a 2013 graduate who studied wildlife conservation in UD’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is tracking the demographics of the turtles that nest at Playa Grande and Parque Nacional de las baulas — which translates to the park of leatherback sea turtles — and spends her nights with a team patrolling the beach looking for nesting turtles. (more…)

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Leatherback sea turtles