Articles about various research studies recently conducted in Malta on themes ranging from mathematics and medicine to economics and social sciences, are included in the latest edition of Xjenza Online, the Malta Chamber of Scientists’ science journal, which was recently published.
In one research project, researchers from the Aquaculture Directorate at Fort San Luċjan attached GPS trackers to five turtles, three of which were injured, to track their movement patterns for periods ranging from 92 to 292 days. Sea turtles are extreme migrants of the Mediterranean, typically travelling about 13,000 kilometres in a year, and with such great distances, one would expect that limb injuries pose a grave threat to the animals. Astonishingly, the research found there was not much difference between the distance they travelled by the five turtles. The finding suggests that sea turtles are able to migrate normally when they are given time to rehabilitate from injury.
