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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research

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Long-term Studies are Essential

Sea turtles are slow-growing and long-lived. As a result, studies on these species must also stretch over decades.

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Students are the Future

The involvement of graduate students in our research ensures that, while answering critical questions in sea turtle biology, we are also educating future sea turtle biologists and conservationists.

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A Global Network of Collaborators

These interactions allow us to pursue research and conservation initiatives more effectively in the international arena and to exchange graduate students and biologists.

What’s New

Joe Pfaller receives award at ISTS in Turkey

Joe received an award for best student presentation runner up for his talk titled “Global phylogenomics of Planes crabs, a common symbiont of sea turtles”, a central topic of his Ph.D.… Read More

Cynthia Lagueux returns from Nicaragua

Dr. Cynthia Lagueux just returned from a three week trip to Caribbean Nicaragua where she continues to conduct research on the legal green turtle fishery, oversee monitoring of sea turtle… Read More

Cathi Campbell publishes hawksbill status update

A status update on hawksbill turtles in the Wider Caribbean, Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific regions, prepared by Dr. Cathi Campbell for the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation… Read More

Joe Pfaller wins Runner-up Best Student Presentation Award at SERSTM

Ph.D. Candidate, Joe Pfaller, attended the Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting on Jekyll Island, GA in February and presented a talk titled Adult female loggerhead survival: biased estimates necessitate regional approach.  For… Read More

About the ACCSTR

Sea turtles face ever-increasing threats from a staggering array of sources as human populations grow, coastal habitats are developed, and marine habitats are degraded. Only through research can we hope to obtain the information necessary to counteract these threats and ensure the survival of these magnificent creatures.

The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida was established in 1986 as a Center of Excellence by the University Board of Regents of the State of Florida in recognition of the outstanding achievements and pioneering research of the late Archie Carr.

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Report a Tag

Tags are affixed to sea turtles by programs around the world to learn more about many aspects of their biology including migratory patterns, growth rates, survival, and reproductive output. Information on sightings of tagged turtles is critical information for these studies.

If you see a turtle with a tag, here's how you can help.

Sea Turtle News

There's an app for saving endangered sea turtles - iTWire

December 9, 2015

In Florida, Sea Turtles Fight Beach Activities - Courthouse News Service

December 8, 2015

Man Rescues Sea Turtles, Releases Them Back To Sea | The Weather Channel - The Weather Channel

December 8, 2015

This rare young sea turtle was washed up on a beach in the aftermath of Storm ... - WalesOnline

December 8, 2015

Man Sentenced To Prison For Endangered Sea Turtle Violation - VI Consortium (press release)

December 8, 2015

The Ocean's Most Vulnerable 'Sea Turtle' Species Racing Towards Extinction ... - The Inquisitr

December 8, 2015

Endangered sea turtle rescued from Ayrshire beach after Storm Desmond - stv.tv

December 7, 2015

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