Snap, Crackle and Pop left Virginia to go home

Tuesday morning three Kemp's ridley turtles, named Snap, Crackle and Pop, were released back into the wild. They were rescued earlier this summer from an intake canal at a New Jersey nuclear power plant. A nice story.

Tropical Storm Fay destroyed fewer loggerhead sea turtle nests on Georgia beaches

I suppose this could be considered better news than the losses reported from Southeast Florida.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources biologists and sea turtle patrol volunteers conducted surveys on all of their beaches except Blackbeard Island. There were 106 nests lost, which wasn't as bad as they had expected. To read the article.

Thousands Of Sea Turtle Nests Damaged By Fay

Tropical storm Fay caused damage to Southeast Florida sea turtle nests due to high surf and beach erosion. Over 1,000 nests of loggerhead and green turtles were lost, just on Juno Beach. Read the full story on West Palm Beach News.

Two Headed Hatchling

I don't know if I should say this is a unique story or a sad one; but is is interesting to say the least. A little two-headed turtle was the last hatchling out of a nest at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. You can see it and read the stories about how it made it's way to the ocean and why a little girl gave it two names; Hope and Faith. (Two links to two different stories.)

Turtle Traffic

OK, this is by far, my favorite! You'll see what I mean. :-) Just click on the turtle.