Current
Project Objectives
Assess availability bias and habitat associations of endangered Kemp’s ridley and threatened green sea turtles to improve spatial density models
Complete
Project Objectives
Assess ocurrence and behavior of loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Hampton Roads region of Chesapeake Bay and coastal Atlantic Ocean
Kemp’s ridley / Loggerhead Hybrid Turtle Tagged at Jekyll Island
June 15, 2026
Researchers were surprised by an unusual turtle that stranded in Georgia-- a Kemp’s ridley / Loggerhead Hybrid Turtle, and were able to tag the animal for release.
First Tagged Sea Turtle Released from Jekyll Island, Georgia
October 17, 2025
Collaborators at the Jekyll Island Authority in Georgia have released the first satellite-tagged green turtle in Georgia waters under the Navy’s “Green and Kemp's Ridley Turtle Tagging for…
Green turtles are back on the Space Coast
July 21, 2025
A field team led by co-Principle Investigator Dr. Kate Mansfield of the Marine Turtle Research Group at the University of Central Florida kicked off the second year of tagging for our “Kemp’s Ridley…
Kemp's on the move!
May 19, 2025
Five Kemp’s ridley turtles satellite tagged on the east coast of Florida have moved out of Florida waters.
Back in the turtle tagging business
June 28, 2024
Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF), led by Dr. Kate Mansfield and supported by the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group and Andrew DiMatteo of CheloniData LLC, deployed five…
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