Satellite trackers to follow two Cyprus sea turtles across the Mediterranean

MedTRACS (Mediterranean Turtle Research and Conservation Society) has fitted satellite transmitters to two marine turtles that nested at Lara Beach this summer, launching a new initiative to track their journeys across the Mediterranean.

The Cyprus-based non-profit organisation attached the transmitters in June, working with the Sea Turtle Conservancy, to one green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and one loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), as part of a joint effort to better understand how Cyprus’...