by Audrey Benedict | Jan 31, 2021 | ePostCards
ePostcard #118: Nightwatch: Hatchlings Away (Part 4) Cover Photo (above) Credit and Caption: Having finally reached the wet, surf-hardened sand, this hatchling is in fast-forward mode on its final sprint to the sea. (Photo courtesy of Courtesy of Boca de Tomates...
by Audrey Benedict | Jan 14, 2021 | ePostCards
ePostcard #117: Nightwatch: From Sand to Sea (Part 3) Cover Photo (above) Credit and Caption: Courtesy of Florida Fish & Wildlife. A “boil” of green sea turtle hatchlings emerges en masse from their deep nest hole in the sand. At hatching time, usually as...
by Audrey Benedict | Dec 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #116: Nightwatch: Sea Turtles Are Ecosystem Sentinels (Part 2) ePostcard #116: Nightwatch: Sea Turtles Are Ecosystem Sentinels (Part 2) Sea turtles are ecosystem sentinels—critical threads in the complex tapestry of global biodiversity. For sea turtle...
by Audrey Benedict | Nov 30, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #115: Nightwatch–Sea Turtles at Risk (Part 1) ePostcard #115: Nightwatch–Sea Turtles at Risk (Part 1) Nearly all sea turtle biologists, sooner or later, become turtle conservationists …Peter Pritchard, “The Conservation of Sea Turtles,”...
by Audrey Benedict | Nov 23, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #114: Nightwatch ePostcard #114: Nightwatch “Managing darkness has to be an integral part of future conservation planning and illumination concepts.” Dark Sky Association The natural world is a busy place at night! As our human viewshed darkens, the...
