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I added a link to SWOT Report, volume 1. This is a yearly publication and volume one focuses on the leatherback nesting beaches of the world, along with many articles about loggerhead natural history, behavior and conservation. Also includes information relating to other species of sea turtles, but the information is heavily leatherbacks. All products, publications and information produced by SWOT is to be freely used and distributed and is meant to be a public outreach, awareness and education tool for conservation of sea turtles. c 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: BSC 4052 Conservation Biology

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2023 and 28 April 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Student973668 (article contribs).

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Information on conservation status

As a concerned reader, Im wondering if conservation status can be made more available in the beginning of the article, rather than having to scroll down and see that it's endangered. I feel it's almost hidden at this point, I had to search for it. 98.109.137.129 (talk) 11:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some information to the lead. CMD (talk) 11:44, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Physiology - metabolism - differential temperature

There is an error in the description of core body temperature versus the surrounding water. The article states that the temperature differential is as much as 18C (which is correct and agrees with all of the source material) but this is followed by "(32F)" which is an incorrect conversion. 18C is equal to 64.4 F. I do not know how to edit this conversion. Thanks to anyone who can do this. Pikabun91 (talk) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 I added a link to SWOT Report, volume 1.  This is a yearly publication and volume one focuses on the leatherback nesting beaches of the world, along with many articles about loggerhead natural history, behavior and conservation.  Also includes information relating to other species of sea turtles, but the information is heavily leatherbacks.  All products, publications and information produced by SWOT is to be freely used and distributed and is meant to be a public outreach, awareness and education tool for conservation of sea turtles. c 2007 (UTC)
+==Wiki Education assignment: BSC 4052 Conservation Biology==
-== Distribution map error ==
+{{dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment | course = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_South_Florida/BSC_4052_Conservation_Biology_(Spring_2023) | assignments = [[User:Student973668|Student973668]] | start_date = 2023-01-16 | end_date = 2023-04-28 }}
-According to the text of this WP article, ''Dermochelys coriacea'' is found in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. However, the distribution map shows its range stopping at southern
-California.  Perhaps someone could add a little more blue to the extreme left side of the map to better indicate the correct geographic range of this species.[[Special:Contributions/74.109.236.194|74.109.236.194]] ([[User talk:74.109.236.194|talk]]) 00:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
-I guess it came from a book. Now we have to find out who is right.[[User:Turtleguy1134|Turtleguy1134]] ([[User talk:Turtleguy1134|talk]]) 23:33, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
-== Dermochelyidae as a new phylum ==
+<span class="wikied-assignment" style="font-size:85%;">— Assignment last updated by [[User:Student973668|Student973668]] ([[User talk:Student973668|talk]]) 02:28, 14 April 2023 (UTC)</span>
-I know you all say leatherbacks are turtles and reptiles, but in fact that is just a big glitch.Their body temp is higher than the the outside temp.<ref>{{cite book|title=Voyage of the turtle:in search of the earth's last dinosaur.}}</ref> [[User:Turtleguy1134|Turtleguy1134]] ([[User talk:Turtleguy1134|talk]]) 23:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
-:That doesn't make them a phylum. The issue is with the definition of reptiles, not with whether a turtle is one. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|Chipmunkdavis]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 23:41, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
+== Information on conservation status ==
-== Life expectancy ==
-Is anything known about life expectancy in this species?  or turtles in general?  Autochthony wrote: 1433 Z 2012 January 04.  [[Special:Contributions/109.154.29.239|109.154.29.239]] ([[User talk:109.154.29.239|talk]]) 14:32, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
+As a concerned reader, Im wondering if conservation status can be made more available in the beginning of the article, rather than having to scroll down and see that it's endangered. I feel it's almost hidden at this point, I had to search for it.  [[Special:Contributions/98.109.137.129|98.109.137.129]] ([[User talk:98.109.137.129|talk]]) 11:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
+:I have added some information to the lead. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 11:44, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
-Actually not.  The speculation is just that, and states 50 years  or more.  (That's all the data we have. Maybe in another 50 years it will say "100 years or more." )  But the article would be better if it addressed that lack of knowledge.  Think I'll add it now. [[Special:Contributions/66.87.0.98|66.87.0.98]] ([[User talk:66.87.0.98|talk]]) 16:35, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
+== Physiology - metabolism - differential temperature ==
-== Hatnote to [[Lute]] ==
-Is this hatnote necessary? The Leatherback turtle is sometimes known as the lute turtle, but there is no Wikipedia page with "lute" in the title that will lead you here. A look at Google, although far from definitive, doesn't lead to anything linking to here using the name "lute" for the turtle where the context is not already firmly turtles. [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] ([[User talk:Thryduulf|talk]]) 16:06, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
+There is an error in the description of core body temperature versus the surrounding water. The article states that the temperature differential is as much as 18C (which is correct and agrees with all of the source material) but this is followed by "(32F)" which is an incorrect conversion. 18C is equal to 64.4 F. I do not know how to edit this conversion. Thanks to anyone who can do this. [[User:Pikabun91|Pikabun91]] ([[User talk:Pikabun91|talk]]) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)