Aloha Reporter » Turtle http://alohareporter.com The Hawaiian Buzzzzz Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hawai’i turtles recovering from severe tumor disease http://alohareporter.com/2009/11/hawaii-turtles-recovering-from-severe-tumor-disease/ http://alohareporter.com/2009/11/hawaii-turtles-recovering-from-severe-tumor-disease/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:38:27 +0000 ar http://alohareporter.com/?p=73
A healthy green sea turtle. Photo Credit: NOAA

The debilitating tumor disease that racked Hawaiian green sea turtle populations starting in the 1950s appears to have declined since its peak, and some individual turtles seem to be able to overcome it.

It’s a hopeful sign in the upbeat story of turtle recovery in the Islands.

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Source: Raising Islands

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