Tour de Turtles: Saving Sea Turtles is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

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Tour de Turtles: Saving Sea Turtles is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Turtle nesting season is in full swing!  One amazing thing about sea turtles is that they migrate thousands of miles to nest on the same beach where they were born.  They have a built-in GPS and use the earth’s magnetic field to pinpoint specific spots on the coastline to breed. 

Lazy Turtle is proud to sponsor the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles: a fun, educational journey through the science, research, and geography of sea turtle migration using satellite telemetry. This event follows the migration of sea turtles, representing several different species, from their nesting beaches to their foraging grounds.

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Decoy Sea Turtle Eggs Catch Black-Market Poachers in Action

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Decoy Sea Turtle Eggs Catch Black-Market Poachers in Action

Sea turtles are anything but lazy. It's hard work for them just to survive. For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have returned en masse to the same beaches where they were born to lay their own eggs. While this age-old method has helped sea turtles survive so long, their predictability leaves their eggs open for poachers. Only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings reaches adulthood, and the black market for turtle eggs is a big reason for these dire numbers.

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Florida City Introduces Sunscreen Ban to Save Imperiled Reefs

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Florida City Introduces Sunscreen Ban to Save Imperiled Reefs

Following Hawaii’s lead, the Key West City Commission voted to ban sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate in an effort to protect the Florida Reef Tract. Key West mayor Teri Johnston told the Miami Herald, “We have one reef, and we have to do one small thing to protect that. It’s our obligation,” A bill introduced into the Florida State Legislature looks to make the ban statewide.

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Teaching with Trash: Washed Ashore Is a Must-See Exhibit

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Teaching with Trash: Washed Ashore Is a Must-See Exhibit

More than 315 billion pounds of plastic are estimated to be in the ocean today. Artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi is determined to turn that dire truth into something beautiful and thought-provoking.

Haseltine Pozzi is the founder and director of Washed Ashore, a non-profit community art project where she, her staff, and thousands of volunteers have salvaged more than 38,000 pounds of marine debris. Over 95% of that trash is petroleum-based. They’ve been able to reuse 90% of the trash to build the 70 sculptures in their traveling exhibit.

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