Welcome back Tour de Turtles fans! We hope you are having fun watching the marathon unfold and learning more about sea turtles in the process. There is a lot of news to catch up on, so let's start with a quick update on each of our turtle competitors.

Luna, a leatherback from Panama, just took over the 1st place spot in our leader board having traveled 1,572 km in 32 days. Click here to view Luna's migration map.

Naya was tagged in Panama and this leatherback is now in 2nd place after being in the lead for 30 days! She has swam 1,450 km since the start of Tour de Turtles. View Naya's migration map here.

Patty, currently in 3rd place, is a loggerhead from Florida that seems to be hugging the Eastern United States in her northward migration. She has traveled 1,151 km in 32 days. Click here to check out Patty's migration map.

Bree Varda is a loggerhead from Florida that is in 4th place. Interestingly, Bree is swimming off the coast of Bahamas right now, which is perfect timing as the Bahamas just banned sea turtle harvesting this week. Bree has traveled 983 km so far. Click here to view Bree's location.

Dory, named by Disney after Ellen DeGeneres' character in Finding Nemo, is a loggerhead that was tagged in Florida. She is in 5th place after swimming 660 km in a little over a month. To view Dory's migration, click here.

Squirt was also tagged in Florida. This loggerhead competitor is in 6th place. Like Bree, she is swimming in Bahamian waters - now safer with the ban on turtle harvesting. To see Squirt's 594 km migration route, click here.

Lulu just lost some ground this week to Squirt, pushing her back to 7th place. She is a loggerhead from Florida that has covered 545 km in 32 days. Check out her map.

ReRe is a new Tour de Turtles competitor. This loggerhead, currently in 8th place, was sponsored by two cousins from Baton Rouge. For Rei Haroman's birthday, her cousin Teal Phillips adopted this turtle and named her ReRe. She has traveled 517 km in only 24 days. To view ReRe's map, click here.

Pacifica is also a late entry into the marathon. This olive ridley from the Pacific coast of El Salvador is the last Tour de Turtles competitor to enter the marathon. In only 11 days, this speedy swimmer has traveled 451 km, putting her in 9th place. Click here to see Pacifica's travels.

Aurora is a green turtle that was tagged in Tortuguero. She is in 10th place after 32 days of competition. This turtle recently posted on the Tour de Turtles blog about her experience with satellite tracking. To read an interpretation of Aurora's journey, check out the Tour de Turtles blog. To view Aurora's current migration, check out her map.

Chica, named in honor of one CCC's long time board member, is a green turtle from Tortuguero. She is in last place, having traveled only 69 km since the start of the marathon. However, this may be because she was observed nesting again after the transmitter was attached by CCC researchers. Check out her map.