Lights on our beach and darkness in our sands is driving the destiny of Florida's threatened and endangered sea turtles more than we know. Female sea turtles need dark places to dig their nests, ...
NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla — This busy beach weekend, it is important to remember we are sharing the sand with nesting sea turtles. Kevin Brown, field supervisor for Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol, says there have ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — As the Grand Strand recovers from Hurricane Ian, some things will take longer than others to come back to normal. Myrtle Beach State Park is home to a mile stretch of sand ...
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — From sand to sea, sea turtles face many obstacles. One of the most dangerous is artificial lighting. "The hatchlings are hardwired to go to the brightest thing around, which ...
LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME SMALLER TRACKS IN THE SAND. YES, SEA TURTLE BABIES. THEY’RE STARTING TO HATCH TONIGHT. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SILVER RING HAS WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THOSE ...
Sea turtles lay their eggs into the beach sand. Many return to the exact beaches that they were hatched to lay the eggs for the next generation of turtles. But sea level rise due to climate change ...
Just last week, we heard about a robotic baby sea turtle that can "swim" through the sand. It's not the only robo-turtle in town, though, as another one has been developed to possibly one day lead ...
New research has found that extreme concentrations of microplastics could increase the temperature of beach sand enough to threaten the development of incubating sea turtles. New research from Florida ...
Many researchers have documented the lives of sea turtles. Videos like this one prove how lucky we are to witness the life cycle of this endangered species. A sea turtle’s fight for survival after ...
Beachgoers from the Tweed to Batemans Bay have been asked to be on the lookout – and every nest reported to TurtleWatch NSW will be protected ...
Growing up as the daughter of missionaries, my childhood travels were usually centered around giving back. From South Africa and Hong Kong to Romania and Tanzania, each purposeful journey involved ...