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Buried before birth: How turtle hatchlings dig their way to the surface

Being buried alive sounds like a nightmare, but it is just the beginning for green turtles. This turtle species starts its ...
WGHP

Sea turtle hatching season peaking on North Carolina coast

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — It is now peak sea turtle hatching season along the North Carolina coast. Nests can have anywhere from 80 to 120 eggs, and once hatched, the baby turtles must make their ...
Mongabay

Ecuador’s Indigenous Cofán show how to have your turtle and eat it too

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Inside Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, an Indigenous Cofán community has since the 1990s carried out an initiative that has contributed to an ...
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Sea turtle hatching season peaks along N.C. coast

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — It is now peak sea turtle hatching season along the North Carolina coast. Nests can have anywhere from 80 to 120 eggs, and once hatched, the baby turtles must make their ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Baby Turtles Coordinate Hatching By Talking to One Another Through Their Egg Shells

Turtles are generally thought of as silent creatures, but recent evidence has emerged that at least 47 turtle species make some form of sound. Those sounds communicate various messages, from social ...
WGHP

Sea turtle hatching season begins on Outer Banks, North Carolina coast

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the North Carolina coast is heating up — especially on the beach along the sand to the surf. The first turtle nest hatched late last week at the Outer Banks, ...