the first step in a sweeping and unprecedented turtle egg evacuation to save thousands of threatened hatchlings from certain death in the oiled Gulf of Mexico. After Patrick spent about 90 minutes ...
Legal egg harvest may help maintain a healthy population According to Valverde, legalizing small, controlled harvests of sea turtle eggs can actually benefit both humans and turtles: humans have ...
Science Photo Library Loggerhead turtle hatchlings may be affected by ... and reacting to the nest temperature while in the egg. "It's clear that this gene is responding to temperature.
“We didn’t know poaching was illegal and that we should not eat turtle eggs and meat.” He carefully transferred each egg into his pail, along with some sand from the turtle nests, to be ...
Numbers are declining due to accidental fishing and egg collecting The largest turtle in the ocean, the leatherback gets its name from its tough, rubbery skin. Migrating long distances a year ...
In Turtle Beach, a documentary from The Nature ... “It’s a longer, lower vocalization that I only heard in the egg. I didn’t hear it when they were hatching or when they were out of the ...