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Gungu Day
27th October 2022
The JCU’s Turtle Health Research Centre, the Caraplace, held a public celebration of sea turtles event in October. Activities on Gungu Day included a free tour of the facility, and an opportunity to meet the many different groups and organisations within and outside of JCU that have cultural and conservation interest in sea turtles and the marine environment.
View the WIN News story on Gungu Day.
In the media
Turtles tracked for Great Barrier Reef research
A group of Hawksbill turtles have been released into the ocean in a small but important milestone for reef researchers. Report by 9 News Australia, 13 June 2021.
New centre established to study & save endangered Great Barrier Reef green turtles
Donor funded Townsville based James Cook University turtle centre has been established to study and save green Great Barrier Reef turtles. Report by ABC News, 11 August 2016
- Supporting Turtle Health Research - 9 December 2020 - Researchers at JCU are studying healthy sea turtles in order to help the world take better care of sick turtles and return them to their ocean ecosystems.
- JCU Green Turtle Release - 14 November 2020 - Releasing 3-year old green turtles onto the Great Barrier Reef.
- JCU Turtle Research Films (EP4) Townsville - 14 September 2017 - Turtle research field trip volunteer experience.
- Turtle Release Trip with Dr Ellen Ariel - 1 April 2015 - JCU's Dr Ellen Ariel and her team conducting turtle research in the Townsville and Magnetic Island area.
- JCU Baby Turtles - 26 March 2015 - Baby turtles at James Cook University's Townsville Campus.
- JCU & Glencore Join Forces for Critical Turtle Research - 22 August 2022
- Turtle tales - 15 June 2021
- Tracking turtles from space - 30 September 2020
- World-first JCU Turtle Health Facility is making waves - 20 August 2019
- JCU Turtle Health Research opens new nursery for baby turtles - 9 May 2018
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