Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research

We have one more ACCSTR student to congratulate on finishing a PhD. Dr. Chris Nolte successfully defended last week!

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Renato Saragoça Bruno, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation last week!

Come join us tomorrow to celebrate World Sea Turtle Week! More info here: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-system...

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-...

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.

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...

Happy World Sea Turtle Day from the ACCSTR! This day is the birthday of the late Archie Carr. accstr.ufl.edu/accstr-overv...

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

Congrats to the #ISTS43 student award winners!

An absolute downpour before the poster session. #ISTS43

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...

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...

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...

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.

ACCSTR student Costanza Manes’ work demonstrated evidence of both virus and environmental factors contributing to fibropapillomatosis in sea turtles. #SERSTM25

A great start to day 2 of #SERSTM25 with a panel of voices from the beach.

Stable isotope analysis of #seaturtle #scutes can lend insight into the turtles' movements throughout the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. The development of this technique by Bethan Linscott of UF (now U Miami), can increase understanding of habitat use. Cool! #serstm2025

ACCSTR student Ashley Kusel has documented for the first time a fish that eats only sea turtle feces!

Stable isotope analysis allowed analysis of fasting in #seaturtles. Hannah Vander Zanden of UF used these techniques to assess capital breeding status. #serstm2025

Dr. Trent Aguilar presented some of his PhD work this morning.

An ACCSTR student talk.

We are at the Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting #SERSTM2025 in Hilton Head Island, SC this week. The morning is kicking off with a keynote address from Blair Witherington.

Hello Blue Sky! The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research looks forward to connecting with all of you while sharing research, education, and conservation efforts here.