by Audrey Benedict | Feb 17, 2021 | ePostCards
ePostcard #120: A Flipper of Hope Photo Credit: Courtesy of Tim Briggs, Northeastern University (Marine Biology), and the online journal Massive Science. (Green sea turtle, San Diego Bay) If there is danger in the human trajectory, it is not so muchIn the survival of...
by Audrey Benedict | Feb 5, 2021 | ePostCards
ePostcard #119: Sea Turtle Magnetism (Part 5) #1. Photo Credit: Satellite-tagged loggerhead photo courtesy of Argos System (argos-system.org). Loggerhead sea turtles begin their lives by migrating alone across the Atlantic Ocean and back. Eventually, after more than...
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,”...
