Alabama Gulf Coast wildlife

6 06, 2018

Four things you may not know about sea turtles

By |2018-06-06T20:58:50+00:00June 6th, 2018|Blog|0 Comments

If you’ve visited the Alabama coast, you no doubt have seen efforts to protect our sea turtle hatchlings and nests. But there are some really cool things about sea turtles that you may not know. Sea turtles make the most avid travelers seem sedentary. Leatherback sea turtles can journey more than 10,000 miles each year. Even though they love to travel, they also are homebodies. Female sea turtles return to the beach where they were born to lay their eggs. [...]

25 10, 2017

Sea turtle nesting season ends

By |2017-10-25T14:12:45+00:00October 25th, 2017|Blog|0 Comments

The Alabama sea turtle nesting season is coming to an end. By the end of October, thousands of hatchlings will have made their way to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We appreciate all the volunteers and visitors who kept an eye out for nests and tracks during visits to the beach. Let’s be honest: there are not many things that match the feeling of watching dozens of the little guys waddling their way through the sand to [...]

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