by MJanes | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Humpback whale washed up on the beach of Southern Shores yesterday. The Marine Mammal Stranding team led by our fearless leader, Karen Clark of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, fought icy waters and big winter surf to collect samples for ongoing...
by DPohl | Dec 12, 2016 | Nesting, News, Sea Turtle Rescue, Uncategorized
The days of cool temperatures on the North Carolina Outer Banks have caused some sea turtles to be cold stunned. When the water drops below 54-50 degrees sea turtles basically become hypothermic and without assistance the continued cold water temperatures will cause...
by DPohl | Nov 30, 2016 | Nesting, News, Uncategorized
Ellen Rowe lives in Northern Virginia. Her family vacations on the Outer Banks and she has had the opportunity to attend a sea turtle nest. Ellen has taken action for the survival of one of nature’s finest, the threatened and endangered sea turtles. Ellen...
by Peggy | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
What?? Cold stunned in October?? Well these three little guys stayed too long in New England and the New England water is too cold to release them there, after they recovered, so they were transported here to our warmer waters to be sent on the way to the Gulf Stream....
by DPohl | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are very excited to announce that NEST has just been told of a matching gift pledge from two sea turtle lovers. They challenge you to join them in supporting NEST and have pledged to match up to $3,000 every dollar donated by December 31. In the next few...
by DPohl | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Kyla Istvan is a 10 year old girl from Waldorf, Maryland who was vacationing in the Outer Banks, NC summer of 2016 Trash and pollution are being dumped into our ocean and it’s becoming a big problem in our ecosystem. Animals are becoming sick and injured. This week in...
