Hollywood (Fla) to dim lights for turtles

It's taken time, many battles, and the city's need for permits, but the city of Hollywood, Florida has agreed to dim the lights along its beaches during turtle nesting season. As scientists have told us for years, and as volunteers with STOP have shown us in this vivid video, sea turtle hatchlings are attracted by …

Pic o’ the Week: Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Photo by Scott R. Benson, NOAA Fisheries "The ancient mariner who has seen both the fall of dinosaurs andthe dawn of humankind, this master navigator now,ironically, needs us ... to chart a path to its future." -Carl Safina   These Leatherback turtle hatchlings are heading into the sea for the first time. Only a few of …