Backspacer continues to dance around that finish line, now heading north. Is she taunting the other turtles? Is this too
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Day 10: Race to the Finish
Happy weekend everyone! I’m Rowdy Gaines reporting live with Mr. Leatherback on the Great Turtle Race! Backspacer spun around, and
Janet Evans: Coaching the Turtle Race
Hi Race fans! I hope you’re enjoying the action as much as I am! I am coaching three turtles in
Letter From Seabiscuit
Dear Mom, I’m sending you this message-in-a-bottle from somewhere in the Caribbean, as I paddle into the final leg of
Day 8: Trouble with transmitters and looping leatherbacks
Hi everyone, I’m Rowdy Gaines with Mr. Leatherback, reporting on the Great Turtle Race! Backspacer is edging ever-so-close to the
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I Wish I Was a Turtle
Don’t laugh – I have often wished I could be a great, sea-going turtle, at least for a while. ON
Day Seven: It’s Earth Day! We’re halfway there!
Hi Race fans! Rowdy Gaines here. Today is Earth Day, and the turtles are celebrating by making things very interesting
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The Leatherback: Earth’s Last Dinosaur
I was 14 and in awe of the seafaring skills of my uncles Sal and Tony, but actually we’d ventured
Day Six: Nearing the Caribbean
Hi turtle lovers, this is Rowdy Gaines, reporting live with Mr. Leatherback on the Great Turtle Race! The Race is
Gigantothermy Lets Leatherbacks (and Dinosaurs) Go Where No Other Reptiles Dare to Go
When you think of a turtle, you probably think of those hard-shelled, slow-moving, reptilian relics whose ancestry stretches back hundreds