Sentences with phrase «of sea turtle eggs»

For the tens of thousands of sea turtle eggs incubating in the sands of the northern Gulf of Mexico — and dangerously near the oil — it's come to this: Officials are planning to dig up the approximately 700 nests on Alabama and the Florida panhandle beaches, pack the eggs in Styrofoam boxes, and fly them to a facility in eastern Florida where they can mature.

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TURTLE TROUBLE Green sea turtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean wTURTLE TROUBLE Green sea turtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean wturtle populations in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female because their eggs are being incubated at higher temperatures due to warming ocean waters.

During some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than average.

In recent years there's been several reports of a fungus, Fusarium solani, that has infected sea turtle eggs.

Kenneth Lohmann, a neurobiologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says the findings could lead to advances in his own work on the magnetosensitivity of sea turtles, which travel long distances to their home beaches to lay eggs.

119 Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 32 (2): 119 - 134 (1994) RECRUITMENT IN MARINE FISHES: IS IT REGULATED BY STARVATION AND PREDATION IN THE EGG AND The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals 6x9 inches, 400 pages, 965 color photographs, 396 species.

The temperature of the eggs determines the gender of sea turtles.

After observing a poacher flip a sea turtle and steal her eggs, young Bianca runs back to her village on Costa Rica's Parismina Island to alert the Tortuga Squad, a group of kids who help the turtle get back to the sea before the poacher returns.

San Jose - Costa Rica's Capital Tortuguero National Park - 43,000 acres of tropical rainforests, canals and rivers Braulio Carrillo Park - with its famous cascading waterfalls Manuel Antonio National Park - home to the rare and playful squirrel monkey Escallonia Cloud Forest - also referred to as a fog forest Hanging Bridges - 6 suspension bridges winding through the tropical rainforest canopy Poás Volcano - with its mile - wide crater Arenal Volcano - with its softly glowing lava flow Costa Rica Rainforest Hike - with naturalist guides Aerial Tram Ride - glide along the rainforest canopy (a top tourist attraction) Green Turtle Research Station - created to protect Costa Rica's turtle nesting habitat, turtle eggs and young hatchlings Atlantic Turtle Nesting Beaches - witness young turtles race to the sea (during nesting season) Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve - with its mysterious reflecting waters Carara Biological Reserve - Also known as «River of Crocodiles» Visits to Pineapple, Banana & Coffee Plantations Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge - includes Rio Frio boat cruise

Tortuguero means turtle village and it is known for its three species of endangered sea turtles who lay their eggs on the beach here.

The beaches of Rekawa and Kahandamodara are ideal to experience sea turtles coming ashore at night to lay their eggs (only January — July).

The beach is part of the National Marine Park where in summer the sea turtles, Caretta - Caretta, lay their eggs.

Partnering with vets and biologists, the Sandos hotels ensure the sea turtles have a safe place out of harm's way to lay their eggs, without human interruption.

Recently declared a Wildlife Refuge, to protect the sea turtles who come to lay their eggs into the sand; this beach highlight of the year comes in March with the annual sandcastle contest is held.

The beaches here are home to plenty of endangered sea turtles wishing to lay their eggs.

Along with other beaches such as Playa Ostional, Playa Guiones and Playa Pedala, part of Playa Nosara makes up the Ostional Wildlife Refuge where the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles arrive to lay their eggs.

Since large sea turtles have made Isla Mujeres their breeding ground for generations, the Turtle Farm gathers up the eggs it finds along the beaches and incubates them at the Turtle Farm thereby greatly increasing their chances of survival.

Laganas is host to the annual migration of loggerhead sea turtles who come to lay their eggs on the protected beach watched over by teams of ecologists throughout the year.

Each year from mid-spring through mid-autumn, a portion of the beach at The Ritz - Carlton, Cancun is transformed into a nature sanctuary where the collected eggs of nesting sea turtles are provided a safe and protected environment to incubate.

This has meant a loss of nesting areas for the sea turtles to lay their eggs.

It is called home for hundreds of thousands sea turtles that nest their eggs into black, volcanic sand.

The islands play host to two species of turtles who come ashore here to lay eggs several times a year, ensuring that you'll be able to catch a glimpse of these sea creatures no matter when you visit.

The week before the new moon, hundreds of sea turtles come to one specific mile of beach to dig their eggs into the black volcanic sand.

From here further to the north are the quiet secluded beaches and the estuary of the Rio Bongo which has been recently declared a Wildlife Refuge to protect sea turtles who make their way to this place to lay their eggs in the sand.

From here, one can see Los Cayos Siete Hermanos (The Seven Brothers Cays)-- several small offshore islands that offer refuge to 10 species of reptiles, including the American crocodile and sea turtles that return each year to lay their eggs.

From September till November thousand of sea turtles bury their eggs on this beach.

Rio Bongo, a beautiful nature reserve park, is situated closely by the beach and it has started an organization to protect the sparse number of sea - turtles and their eggs left on Manzanillo.

The hotel's name aptly named after the stunning 1500 foot stretch of white sand beach where sea turtles return to lay their eggs year after year.

Santa Teresa needs to get organized for this, because just north at Manzanillo and above, it has been discovered that all four of Costa Rica's sea turtles are laying eggs, making it one of just a small handful of sites in the world with so many sea turtle species in one location.

The stunning beach of Playa Grande with its pristine shoreline and clear blue sea is home to the endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles that come ashore every year to lay their eggs on the beasea is home to the endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles that come ashore every year to lay their eggs on the beaSea Turtles that come ashore every year to lay their eggs on the beach.

The best of this month: • Historic city of Paramaribo, Suriname • Watching sea turtles laying eggs, French Guiana • Festival in Mazagão, Brazil • Travel by boat along the Amazon river, Brazil

At this time, only a very small fraction of turtles eggs are surviving to hatch, and the area's sea turtles are headed towards certain extinction.

Periodically Now Sapphire participates in the release of sea turtles hatched from eggs in nests laid on the beaches here.

Evening tours will take you to protected parts of the beach to see turtles lay their eggs (November to February), or turtle hatchlings make their way to sea (January to March).

From November to January nesting sea turtles, including endangered loggerhead turtles, come ashore at night to lay their eggs at Mon Repos beach, in the city of Bundaberg (about four hours» drive or a one hour flight north of Brisbane).

Mother Caray Green Sea Turtles visit the beaches in the Riviera Maya to lay their eggs and as part of our environmental efforts we protect the nests until they hatch.

The wildlife, particularly the sea turtles we saw laying their eggs, the monkeys, the tapir we tracked, and all of the different bird types that we encountered, were all great experiences.

Every May, Cancún pioneer resort group Royal Resorts prepares to welcome its very special summer visitors, the sea turtles that lay their eggs on the beaches in front of its hotels in Cancún, Puerto Morelos and the Riviera Maya.

There is a splendid 17 mile beach on the northcoast of the island, this is usually only used by sea turtles to lay their eggs because of the large mosquito population.

Five species of sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs, and humpback whales can be seen breaching in the Pacific; dolphins often play in the Caribbean waters.

It is a sea turtle conservation initiated by the resort aiming to protect sea turtle eggs, increase hatching rates, increase their chance of surviving, and enabling them to strengthen before releasing them into the sea.

I have fond memories of climbing pyramids like those at Coba and Tulum and enjoying the amazing wildlife both on shore (the kids loved the huge green iguanas sunbathing on the pyramid rocks) and in the water (we snorkeled with colorful fish and watched sea turtles laying their eggs).

Thousands of female Olive Ridley sea turtles that were born on our Nayarit Pacific coast beaches return every year to build nests and lay their eggs in the exact same location where they were born, perpetuating their cycle of life.

Out of the seven species of sea turtles in the world, six of them arrive in Mexico each year between June and November to nest and lay their eggs.

Since then the Farm's research and conservation experts have seen the release of over 31,000 Green Sea Turtles into the wild — and they have been gratified to witness the return of some of these turtles back to Cayman's beaches to lay their owTurtles into the wild — and they have been gratified to witness the return of some of these turtles back to Cayman's beaches to lay their owturtles back to Cayman's beaches to lay their own eggs.

In Puerto Morelos, there are three main beach areas where sea turtles arrive to spawn, Punta Brava, Punta Caracol and Petempich, and of these three, Punta Brava is the preferred egg - laying area.

Next door to the resort is a protected area of beach where sea turtles lay their eggs, so during the season they can watch the eggs being buried by the mother turtle, or the tiny hatchlings scrabble down to the sea on organised turtle watching sessions.

It's also home to some of the longest and most magnificent beaches in the whole of North Cyprus - no wonder that sea turtles come here all season long to lay their eggs in the golden sands.

The leatherbacks, which are the largest of all living sea turtles, arrive November through April to mate and deposit their eggs.

The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle sets itself apart from other turtle populations in several ways: They're the smallest of all the Gulf of Mexico turtle species, measuring only about 2 feet when fully grown; they're the world's most endangered sea turtle; and they're known for their synchronized nesting activities, called arribadas, in which hundreds or thousands of females come ashore on the same day to lay their eggs.