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17 paź 2022 · Researchers used heat-detecting cameras mounted on drones to monitor sea turtle nesting on a beach in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Using thermal infrared imagery, researchers detected 20% more turtle nesting activity than on-the-ground patrollers did.
8 lip 2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A sea turtle headed for the ocean shortly after hatching and it was all caught on video. The rare moment, captured by South Florida resident Sheila McCarthy, shows the turtle making its way to the ocean for the first time. It's a key moment in a turtle's life.
28 lip 2022 · The drone and observer detected 20% more sea turtles or tracks than traditional ground-based patrolling (flights and patrols carried out across the same nights at the same time and beach).
Female sea turtles return to the beaches where they were born to lay eggs of their own. Some species migrate tens of thousands of miles across the ocean to reach their nesting beach. They swim through the crashing surf and crawl up the beach searching for a nesting spot above the high water mark.
A loggerhead sea turtle emerges from the ocean and onto the beach before nesting. The image was captured during a July 2016 field study by Seiche Limited that tested thermal cameras for this application.
25 sie 2023 · A sea turtle nest hasn't been found at the North End since 2019, but others have been seen on more remote beaches in Virginia Beach, including False Cape State Park.
7 wrz 2023 · Baby turtles made it safely to the sea after they were dug out of a nest on a beach in Mississippi. In January 2023, the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) found a sea turtle nest in...
