Located near the center of the island, visitors can walk through indoor and outdoor pools to observe young turtles. (travelyucatan.com)
But more than 99 percent of young turtles hatched in sand soaked by warmer waters in the northern Great Barrier Reef were female — with one male for every 116 females. (sciencenews.org)
Despite heroic efforts to protect the nesting beaches of green turtles, fewer and fewer of these endangered creatures reappear every year.Researchers have been stunned to discover that shielding young turtles is only half the battle (scientificamerican.com)