Sea turtle hatchlings at risk when high season begins
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Sea turtle hatchlings at risk when high season begins

With Easter Week, or Semana Santa, about to begin, Yucatán’s beaches prepare for high season. But holiday crowds on the coast make for a perilous time for Yucatán’s endangered sea turtles and the eggs they lay near the high-tide line. Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan A.C. is raising funds for an ongoing project that helps protect…

Vandals in Chuburná crush and burn sea turtle nest that others had tried to protect

Vandals in Chuburná crush and burn sea turtle nest that others had tried to protect

Sea turtle eggs on a beach at Chuburná Puerto were found trampled, crushed and then burned in a bonfire, local media reported. The destroyed turtle nest was near the site of a violent spat that erupted when two environmentalists confronted a group of litterers. Every year, during the turtles’ nesting season, efforts to protect nesting…

Sea turtles are thriving on empty Yucatan beaches

Sea turtles are thriving on empty Yucatan beaches

The absence of vacationers and frolicking pleasure seekers has left Yucatan’s beaches free and clear for hawksbill and white turtles this season. The chelonian nesting season started on April 15 and ends in October, although at some areas it could last until November. The regional head of the Department of Natural Resources and Wildlife of…

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