USFWS National Digital Library

- Sea turtle nest relocation
- Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Reptiles; Relocation;
- June 28, 2010 nest relocation: As many as 80 sea turtle nests are typically laid on Alabama’s beaches with as many as 50,000 hatchlings. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS.
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- Sea turtle nest relocation
- Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Reptiles; Relocation;
- July 12, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - Alabama's first sea turtle nest to transfer to Kennedy Space Center on the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Our hope is the hatchlings will have imprinted sufficiently to return home to the Gulf Coast when they return to...
- Images
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatchlings
- Reptiles; Coastal environments; Wildlife refuges; Endangered species;
- Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA.
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- Synopsis of the biological data on the leatherback sea turtle (dermochelys coriacea) Biological Technical Publication BTP-R4015-2012
- Reptiles; Endangered species;
- biological-data-Leatherback-Sea-Turtle-Final.pdf
- Documents
- Northern Red-Bellied Cooter Hatchlings
- Reptiles;
- Northern red-bellied cooter hatchlings swim at the National Marine Life Center, MA.
- Images
- Newly hatched loggerhead turtles
- Reptiles; Threatened species; Wildlife refuges; Coastal environments;
- Volunteer helps inventory a nest of hatched turtles in order to determine productivity. These hatchlings were left in the nest and did not get out. They were taken to the water due to the heat of the day and to protect them from being spotted and...
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- Muscatatuck Script
- Videography;
- Script of the video Muscatatuck NWR...Where Wildlife Comes Naturally.
- Documents