Sea Turtles

The Changing Carolina Coast: An Iconic Creature Faces An Uncertain Future

Dave DeWitt

October is clearly not happy. And when a 250-pound loggerhead isn鈥檛 happy, caretakers at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center鈥�

Environment

From Nest To Sea And Back Again

Frank Stasio

Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill may have proof that sea turtles use the magnetic field of the earth to find their way back to their nesting places after鈥�

Environment

From Nest To Sea And Back Again

Frank Stasio

Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill may have proof that sea turtles use the magnetic field of the earth to find their way back to their nesting places after鈥�

Environment

Study: Sea Turtles Follow Magnetic Fields To Their Home Beaches To Lay

Rebecca Martinez

Sea turtles follow the earth's magnetic fields to find the beaches where they hatched to lay their own eggs.UNC-Chapel Hill researcher and report鈥�

Fish and Wildlife Service worker on boat checking gill net full of fish

Business & Economy

NC Commercial Fishing Stopped At Peak Season, Here's Why

Rebecca Martinez

It's the height of commercial flounder season along the North Carolina Coast, but gillnet fishing boats have been banned from heading out. That's because鈥�

When a turtle nest is found, park rangers excavate the nest, inventory the eggs and mark out the nests with a 30-foot square enclosure. (National Park Service)

Environment

Predicting When Turtles Will Hatch Could Help Outer Banks Economy

Park rangers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore hope electronic sensors will allow them to predict exactly when turtle eggs will hatch.

Environment

Fewer Turtle Nests Found On Cape Hatteras This Year - Why Scientists Aren't Worried

Rebecca Martinez

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore researchers found at least 121 turtle nests since May. That's about half the record number of nests found last鈥�

Environment

Broken Flipper, Collapsed Lung; Nichols The Sea Turtle Finally Back In NC Waters

Carol Jackson

In the fall of 2012 a severely injured loggerhead sea turtle was rescued off the coast of North Carolina.The loggerhead was brought to the Karen Beasley鈥�

Environment

Why Do NC Fishermen Want To Pay More To Fund Regulation?

Rebecca Martinez

A trade group of North Carolina commercial fishermen has proposed that the General Assembly raise their fishing license fees to pay for regulatory鈥�

Environment

Carteret County Threatens Legal Action Over New Federal Loggerhead Turtle Protections

Sam Sanders

Carteret County's Board of Commissioners voted file a letter of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service over new protections for the loggerhead sea鈥�

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