Dune silhouettes darken areas near the horizon ... appear likely to exist among sea turtles that nest in different ecological settings. For example, whereas Florida hatchlings need to maintain ...

Sea turtles don't stick around once the eggs are ... At Padre Island National Seashore, a yellow flag with a black silhouette of a turtle is flown if at least one Kemp’s ridley nest has been ...

Upon hatching, tiny turtle babies crawl out of the eggs ... horizon — “the reflection of the moon and stars on the sea, and the silhouette of trees and sand dunes in the background.” ...

When you’re a baby sea turtle racing from the nest to the ocean ... head for bright low horizons and away from tall dark silhouettes, which should pull them toward the surf.

New research suggests the species Ctenochelys acris was the patriarch of the lineage that yielded the green sea turtle, Kemp's ridley, the loggerhead and many others. Until recently ...