Sea turtles battle more than plastic straws
Sea turtles became the poster child for the war against plastic straws. But straws are just one challenge facing this 120 million-year-old species. Frank Paladino, the Jack W. Schrey Distinguished Professor of Biology and director of the Marine Conservation and Biology Center of Excellence at Purdue University Fort Wayne, has spent nearly 30 years researching sea turtles to help stabilize their population.