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TURTLE TRACKS: A rare wonder found on a Boca Grande beach
August 5, 2022
This week on turtle patrol, a Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol volunteer was stunned to discover a very unusual hatchling. On rare occasion, an anomaly such as this poses a unique challen…
ECOWATCH: Migratory monarch butterfly: going, going … gone?
August 5, 2022
“Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”Pinterest Quotes-Butterflies
How many of us have had the …
TURTLE TRACKS: All that data collecting must be tiring
July 29, 2022
The Statewide Nesting Beach Survey (SNBS) program was initiated in 1979 under a cooperative agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wild…
DOG LIFE: A billion dollar industry
July 29, 2022
People have a tendency to overdo on everything; be a toy, treats, foods, collars etc … the dog product business which is a billion dollar industry caters more to the people’s needs than that of …
ECOWATCH: Sharks are not bad guys … we are
July 29, 2022
“The odds of being attacked and killed by a shark are 1 in 3,748,067
(0.000026 percent), which means that there are 18 diseases
and …
Turtle tracks: Turtle facts you might not know
July 21, 2022
Have you ever wondered what kind of data the The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Patrol Team with its 26 volunteers documents? Specific data of every single sea turtle nest on the Island including their GP…
REMEMBRANCES: America in 1962, when the world almost ended
July 21, 2022
Like every year, 1962 had its moments of joy and sadness. It was hilarious to witness a sultry Marilyn Monroe sing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in May, and devastating when, …