Mr. Leatherback, GTRII Race Central --     Billie II takes the silver medal in the trans-Pacific marathon. There's a turtle pile-up at the finish line as Amban and JK Turtling battle for third place with Shelby finishing strong. It's also a close contest for second place in the twirling competition with Drexelina II, Jingjing, and Amban separated by just three twirls.

Check it out!

Mr. Leatherback, Hopkins Marine Lab, Pacific Grove, CA -- And they're away... the 2008 trans-Pacific marathon to the international dateline has begun!

Jane Stevens, in Berkeley, CA - Check out "Tagging of Pacific Predators" on KQED-TV's QUEST!

Jane Stevens at UC Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab -- Remember that cute black-coat elephant seal that was rescued on January 11? He was released earlier this month, with two other elephant seals, into his new habitat: the Pacific Ocean.

Jane Stevens in Monterey Bay. Roz Savage was rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter at 8:30 p.m. last night and is back on land, in California.

No new coordinates since this morning, as a satellite may have not passed over for the tag to communicate to, but that's okay because her marine tracker has started working again.

Jane Stevens in Monterey Bay. This morning, we received a call from Brooke Glidden, Roz Savage's friend in New Jersey, who relayed a call from Roz's mother, Rita,