Also called: Sea Turtle Research Biologist
Studies and protects endangered sea turtles for wildlife agencies, nonprofits and aquariums, monitoring nests, tagging turtles and tracking migrations.
Walks beaches at night to tag nesting loggerheads, satellite-tags a green turtle to track its migration, and works with fishermen to reduce accidental catches.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in marine biology; master's common for lead roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Marine Biology, Wildlife Biology.
Growing about average. Competitive, grant-funded.
Low risk for 10 years. Drones and satellite tags help, but night nest patrols, tagging and rescuing turtles stay hands-on fieldwork.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, Marine science elective, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1023.
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