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          |  | Tracking Turtle Strandings Hundreds of sea turtles are stranded each year off the coast of North Carolina. Volunteers from the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) and other organizations monitor strandings in order to better understand turtle conservation. These groups also work to rehabilitate, and return to the ocean, as many as possible. Page 2 of this article includes datasets and maps related to sea turtle strandings. [ Full Article ] Outer Banks Sea Turtle Update: August 2010 Sea turtle activity on the Outer Banks of North Carolina is increasing. There was a rare daytime hatching on Nest #1, and Nest#2—a rare Kemp's ridley nest—yielded just six hatchlings. But, there are more nests to come! [ Full Article ] Two Nests, One Big Surprise in NC The first nests of the 2010 sea turtle season on the Outer Banks of North Carolina were very special. This is the earliest nesting season in recent memory and, perhaps most importantly, the Outer Banks is hosting a Kemp's ridley nest—the first since 2003. [ Full Article ] Monitoring Sea Turtles with Google Earth FieldTripEarth works with researchers at Thailand's TurtleWatch to monitor the locations of three satellite-tagged sea turtles released on 15 February 2010. You can use Google Earth to monitor their movements and better understand the migration patterns of each turtle. [ Full Article ] Turtle Nest Summary for 2009 NEST volunteer Jackie Orsulak reviews the 2009 sea turtle nesting season on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There weren't a lot of nests this year, but each one had a special story. [ Full Article ] Leatherback Nest Boils UPDATED 4 September 2009 with hatching video!. The leatherback nest on the Outer Banks of North Carolina has successfully boiled, and turtle conservationist Jackie Orsulak was there to see it all. This write-up contains some nice night-vision photos of the boil, and also discusses the very important post-hatching nest excavation. [ Full Article ] Leatherback Nest on NC Outer Banks! Updated 25 August 2009. A very rare leatherback turtle has laid a nest on North Carolina's northern Outer Banks. Sea turtle researcher Jackie Orsulak is documenting this incredible event. [ Full Article ] Sea Turtle Nest Information Now Online The Maryland-based seaturtle.org, a non-profit sea turtle research organization, has posted a great deal of sea turtle nesting information online. This tool will help organizations around the world collect and store important sea turtle nesting data. [ Full Article ] A Wild Ride on Nest #4 Big waves at Nest #4 on the Outer Banks made for an exciting time for a bunch of sea turtle hatchlings...and their human researchers. [ Full Article ] Some Turtles Spared at Nest #5 Nest #5 was bittersweet—several turtles died due to waves overwashing their nest, but many apparently made it to the ocean. [ Full Article ] |
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