Secrets of the Surviving Seven revealed

Exciting news. Seven out of the twenty-two yearlings, which were released in April/May 2011, were detected by the listening stations (hydro-phones) in the river 7 months after they were released.

Yamaha speeds up Turtle tracking

University of Qld researchers and Tiaro Landcare volunteers spent 3 days downloading data from hydrophones and actively tracking tagged juvenile turtles. One juvenile was located which hadn’t been ‘heard’ of since July!! Must have been hiding. Thanks...

Mariana wins Best Student Presentation Award

There was much cheering from the ‘Australian/Brazilian’ contingent when PhD candidate, Mariana Micheli-Campbell was announced the winner of the Best Student Presentation Award at the 9th Annual Symposium on Conservation & Biology of Tortoises &...

Adult female Mary River turtle tracked at 7.4m deep

Researchers from the University of Queensland are conducting a tracking program of Mary River turtles. An adult female has been recorded at 7.4m ..this means she is hanging around on the bed of the river …..no wonder they are hard to find in the river..How long...

University researchers feature on TV

Follow the link to view a segment in Channel 10’s Science program for children, SCOPE, which featured Mary River turtle research being undertaken at the University of Qld. http://ten.com.au/video.htm?movideo_p=41452&movideo_m=104991

Tracking Mary River Turtles

As part of University of Qld Honors students (Zac) research, very light transmitters were attached to 12 x one year old Mary River turtles and released into the river on 12th March. Great news that 7 of them were found one week later.  Hopefully this is just the...

Tracking Mary River Turtles

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Since our Mary River turtle conservation program began in 2001, we’ve supported seven post graduate researchers, and saved thousands of hatchlings. With your help, we can expand our conservation program and continue to discover valuable new knowledge to improve management.

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