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         |  | Tracking Turtle Strandings Hundreds of sea turtles are stranded each year off the coast of North Carolina. Volunteers from the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) and other organizations monitor strandings in order to better understand turtle conservation. These groups also work to rehabilitate, and return to the ocean, as many as possible. Page 2 of this article includes datasets and maps related to sea turtle strandings. [ Full Article ] UPDATED 15 AUGUST: Kemp's Ridley Nests at Outer Banks For the third year in a row, a rare Kemp's ridley has nested on a beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Jackie Orsulak of NEST shares the story, along with photos and video of the event. [ Full Article ] More Seals on NC Beaches A harp seal and a harbor seal have each hauled up on North Carolina beaches during the early winter of 2012. [ Full Article ] Results of Brady Necropsy Christian Legner from the North Carolina Aquarium-Roanoke Island performed a necropsy on Brady, a stranded sea turtle found on North Carolina's Outer Banks. [ Full Article ] Final Report on Nest 18 For a long time, sea turtle conservationists in northeastern North Carolina held out hope for Nest 18. A late season storm, however, led to a disappointing outcome. [ Full Article ] Working to Save a Stranded Sea Turtle Sea turtle conservationist Jackie Orsulak reports on a group of volunteers and veterinarians that worked to save "Brady," a Kemp's ridley stranded on the North Carolina coast. [ Full Article ] Nest 18 Update Outer Banks Nest 18 was laid late in the season and then had to survive Hurricane Irene as well. Nevertheless, it is still possible that this nest will hatch successfully. [ Full Article ] After the Storm UPDATED 17 OCTOBER 2011. Hurricane Irene brought significant damage to North Carolina's Outer Banks. The storm's impacts on sea turtle nests is unknown at this point, though there is hope that the hatchlings in four nests will survive. [ Full Article ] Searching for Nest 15 Sea turtle conservationists search in vain for Nest 15, which was hit hard by Hurricane Irene. [ Full Article ] Pre-Irene Evacuations With Hurricane Irene approaching North Carolina's coast, it was time to evacuate a several sea turtle nests, or face losing the hatchlings to drowning. [ Full Article ] |
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