Gavin Jolis

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Runs genetic tracing work on turtle populations

On Malaysia's Turtle Islands, green turtle nesting has tripled since the 1970s to more than 20,000 nests a year. Across the species' range, numbers rose enough that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) moved green turtles off its endangered list in October 2025 and rated them least concern.

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