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A hearing test for the world's rarest sea turtle: Understanding its vulnerability to human-caused noise
- February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Kemp's ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world's most active shipping lanes. While the threats from fishing, pollution, and vessel collisions are well understood, it is less clear how disruptive human-caused noise is to their survival.
Originally published at Phys.org