It’s that time of year again.. sea turtle nesting season! Female sea turtles will come ashore to lay several nests full of eggs, which will incubate and hatch in approximately 60 days. The season officially ends in August, but hatchlings have been known to emerge as late as October. According to data collected in 2012, the… Read more »
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Get to Know Loggerhead Marinelife Center
What began as a bit of research to satisfy one Juno Beach resident’s curiosity about turtle hatchlings has since turned into one of the area’s largest and most well-known marine research and education centers. More than three decades ago, Eleanor Fletcher’s proverbial digging led to the discovery that sea turtle hatchlings were facing dangers caused… Read more »
