The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

Many large marine predators make excursions from surface waters to the deep ocean below
200 m. Moreover, the ability to access meso-and bathypelagic habitats has evolved …

Mass stranding events (MSEs) of beaked whales (BWs) were extremely rare prior to the
1960s but increased markedly after the development of naval mid-frequency active sonar …

Simple Summary Wildlife rehabilitation is the practice of caring for sick, injured, or orphaned
wild animals with the goal of releasing them back to the wild. This review demonstrates the …

Bycatch in fisheries can have profound effects on the abundance of species with relatively
low resilience to increased mortality, can alter the evolutionary characteristics and …

Seismic surveys are widely used in marine geophysical oil and gas exploration, employing
airguns to produce sound-waves capable of penetrating the sea floor. In recent years …

The aquatic habitat of marine “air-breathing” vertebrates provides a significant
thermoregulatory challenge due to the high thermal conductivity of water. In addition to …

The impact of a range of different threats has resulted in the listing of six out of seven sea
turtle species on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. Disease risk analysis (DRA) …

The dive response, or the 'master switch of life', is probably the most studied physiological
trait in marine mammals and is thought to conserve the available O2 for the heart and brain …

The sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is the most common sea turtle in the Mediterranean, where
incidental catches due to fishing activities are considered the main threat to its conservation …