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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