Did the pandemic's experience bring people closer to the sufferings of wildlife. This is happening at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center of ARCHELON in Glyfada, Attica.
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We unite our voices for the protection of the natural environment
World Environment Day, June 5th, 2021
Τhirty-one (31) organizations and bodies for the protection of the natural environment in Greece unite our voice with people around the world who call for action before it is too late, and express our deep concern about what is happening in our country. Read more...
Sea turtles are not pets – please do not touch or feed them
if someone gets the chance to meet a turtle at sea, they may try to approach it by swimming to touch it, or worse, to throw some human food to it. The reactions of these ancient animals, however, do not resemble those of pets.
A sad record: over 700 dead sea turtles in 2020
ARCHELON calls for more awareness as this number is the highest since the establishment of the Stranding Network in 1992. Accidental catches in fishing gear and swallowing plastic waste are the main threats at sea.
A collaboration with the University of Patras
Pilot research for the evaluation of our educational activities and presentation of sea turtle conservation projects to students.
An unexpectedly high number of loggerhead nests in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean makes 2020 stand out as the Year of the Sea Turtle
Is 2020 the year of loggerhead sea turtles? The nests of this protected sea turtle species that were recorded this year by ARCHELON in 75km. of the main nesting beaches in Greece amount to 6,500…
Lockdown measures eased the egg-laying of sea turtles in Greece but didn’t cause the observed increase of their nests
ARCHELON has been receiving enquiries from international organizations and nature documentary producers as early as April this year. The last two days many friends, researchers and journalists from Greece and abroad have been asking us about a possible relationship between the lockdown in Greece and the reproduction of loggerhead sea turtles in Greek nesting beaches. Here are the answers to their 4 most frequently asked questions, based on scientific evidence and data that ARCHELON has been collecting without fail since 1984.
ARCHELON has already recorded more than 3,500 loggerhead nests in the Nature Protection Area of Kyparissia bay this summer, but at the phase of hatching, the fate of many of them relies on locals and visitors
The first nests of this summer in Kyparissia bay have already hatched and hatchlings reached the sea safely…
An unexpected impact of the pandemic: ARCHELON appeals for reduction of light pollution so that hundreds of baby turtles at the sea turtle nesting beaches of Mavrovouni, Selinitsa, Vathi and Valtaki in Lakonikos bay are not lost
Hatching of the nests of the loggerhead sea turtles laid on the beaches of Mavrovouni, Selinitsa, Valtaki and Vathi of the Lakonikos bay has started and the first hatchlings arrived safely in the sea...
Turn off the lights on the nesting beaches of the sea turtle in Rethymno and Chania.
The first loggerhead hatchlings have arrived safely at sea. But this year, if lights on the beach are not turned off , the risk of finding disoriented hatchlings on the nesting beaches of Rethymno and Chania is increased, warns ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.