Last month I gave a presentation on the Caribbean Sargassum “invasion.” This is a massive regional issue, and I reviewed the problem and discussed a project assessing its effects on hawksbill nesting. We did our…

Hatchling sea turtles are drawn to light, so manmade artificial lights behind beaches can be a major issue. Hatchlings might head the wrong direction and end up in yards, pools, or even streets. There are a…

More on the Sargassum issue! Colleagues in Antigua are saying that 2018 is already, without a doubt, the worst Sargassum year to date. Check out this image that shows how it affects coastal waters when it…

Unfortunately some of the amazing natural areas in Antigua are plagued by large amounts of garbage. There is an effort ongoing to clean this up – from removing bulk waste at unauthorized dump sites, to coastal…

My research with the Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project has brought me face to face with the Sargassum issue in the Caribbean. Huge amounts of the seaweed have been clogging coastal waters periodically since 2011. We have highlighted this…

One of the core components of my program as a Fulbright Fellow in Antigua this year has been to coordinate a Conservation Seminar Series. We have had a seminar per month so far, and will continue…

I recently got a nice writeup from the International Programs office of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at NC State. It highlights my international fieldwork in Antigua, and specifically delves into my Fulbright work.…

  One exciting aspect of the Fulbright Fellowship I am doing this year in Antigua is that I am in Antigua for leatherback nesting season! Typically I arrive after leatherbacks have mostly wrapped up nesting, at…

  After finishing nesting on Long Island, Antigua this past summer, this satellite-tagged hawksbill traveled for more than a month to Long Island, Bahamas. The Long Island-to-Long Island migration covered some 1,600 km, one of the…

  A new article in The Atlantic highlights recent observations published by Dr. Mike Cove and me in the journal Mammalian Biology. Interesting that these peculiar interactions may not be as isolated as we assumed! Check…