Sea turtle hatchlings: How bright lights, smartphones, lure baby turtles to their deaths
With the sea turtle hatching season in complete swing, specialists are cautioning of the huge hazard that bright lights and cam flashes position to the baby turtles as they try to reach the ocean. “Sea turtle hatchlings are biologically programmed to emerge on a dark, quiet beach, look for the brightest horizon and head toward […]
Hundreds of rescued sea turtles released back into Gulf of Mexico
Hypothermicsea turtles that were on the edge of death recently along the Texas Gulf Coast are recuperating and being released back into the wild. More than 2,000“cold stunned” turtles were rescued out of freezing gulf waters from New Years Day through Friday, in exactly what is now the biggest cold spectacular occasion because1980 “I haven’t […]