Friday, February 28, 2020

Loggerhead Hatchlings in Florida

It’s an amazing time of year again on the shorelines of Pensacola Beach and the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Sea turtle hatchling season is in full swing all over Florida, where about 90 percent of sea turtle nesting in the U.S. takes place.

   

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Giant Turtle Fossil Discovery!

Read more about the fossils here!






















The remains of an extinct giant turtle species were recently recovered from dig sites in Venezuela and Colombia. The fossils - nearly 10 feet across! - could be from 5 to 10 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch, when the northern region of South America was humid and swampy.