by Karen Fitzgerald | Aug 31, 2016 | N.E.S.T. Release, NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Rehab Center, STAR Center, Uncategorized
By NC Aquarium Intern Alex Sykes In July, the STAR center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island held their second release of the summer in Nags Head! Three turtles were ready to go home: Neptune, Artemis and Otter. Neptune This year was our worst cold stun event to...
by KClark | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been hard to keep up with all our recent activity so I am doing a batch update again. Here are some highlights and details can be found on the table below. Nests #1-16 have all emerged. Nests #18, 20, 25, and 28 have also emerged. Those in-between are...
by KClark | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
KDH Ocean Rescue called with a report of two hatchlings coming out of Nest #29. This was a shocker for the team as Nest #29 has only been incubating for 42 days which is nearly physically impossible to produce full term hatchlings (the temperatures required to...
by KClark | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
We wondered if it would happen and this morning our Kitty Hawk ATV rider called and said, “I’ve got it! Number 50.” The nesting response team arrived promptly and got to work. That part of the beach is notorious for getting washed out during storms...
by KClark | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nest Mom for Nest 13 was leaving town for the week so the team decided to excavate at 10PM on Sunday. The moon was rising, the light was great, and the heat dropped to 89F so really, it was ideal. It took a while to get to the egg chamber but when they did, they...
